Now none of this happened without an oath. Others became priests without any oath,

Now if he were on earth, he would not even be a priest, because other men offer the gifts prescribed by the Law.

At times you were made a public spectacle by means of insults and persecutions, while at other times you associated with people who were treated this way.

Women received their dead raised back to life. Other people were brutally tortured, but refused to be ransomed, so that they might gain a better resurrection.

Still others endured taunts and floggings, and even chains and imprisonment.