Else would they not have ceased to be offered? because the worshippers, having been once cleansed, would have had no more consciousness of sins.

For if this had been possible, would there not have been an end of those offerings, because the worshippers would have been made completely clean and would have been no longer conscious of sins?

επειδη τοτε δεν ηθελον παυσει να προσφερωνται, διοτι οι λατρευται απαξ καθαρισθεντες, δεν ηθελον εχει πλεον ουδεμιαν συνειδησιν αμαρτιων·

For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.