and your boast is, »`If we had lived in the time of our forefathers, we should not have been implicated with them in the murder of the Prophets.'
»Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you repair the sepulchres of the Prophets and keep in order the tombs of the righteous,«
»So that you bear witness against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the Prophets.«
Look at the Israelites–the nation and their ritual. Are not those who eat the sacrifices joint-partakers in the altar?
And our hope for you is stedfast; for we know that as you are partners with us in the sufferings, so you are also partners in the comfort.