Hebrews 13:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Remember them which have the rule,— Who have had the rule. Bishop Lloyd thinks that this may refer to James the apostle, and to James commonly called the first bishop of Jerusalem, both of whom had been put to death there before this epistle was written. Dr. Heylin renders this and the next verse as follows: Remember those who have been your spiritual guides, and preached to you the word of God; consider well how they ended their lives, and imitate their faith: Jesus Christ is still the same; what he was yesterday, he is to-day, and shall be through all ages. "Several of the persons here referred to (says he,) died martyrs, as may be seen in Theodoret upon the place. What Jesus Christ had been to them in the time past, supporting them in their trials, the same he would be to the faithful Hebrews in the time then present; and the same he will be to those who serve him, through all ages, with an undiminished energy."