へブル人への手紙 4:3-5 JCB

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 4:1-11

The more terrible result of apostasy from Christ seen in the better rest to which Christ leads. Still dealing with the superiority of Christ to Moses. Having shown the possibility of departing from Christ as they did from Moses, he goes on to show that, since Christ was greater than Moses, the evil of departing from him was so much more terrible. There is a Divine promise of rest unexhausted in Old Testament times, and only fulfilled through faith in Christ. "Let us fear therefore, lest... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 4:3

For we do enter into the rest, we who have believed ( οἱ πιστεύσαντες , the historical aorist, pointing to the time when Christians became believers; with a reference also to τῇ πίστει in the preceding verse: but the emphasis is on the first word in the sentence, εἰσερχόμεθα : "For we Christian believers have an entrance into the rest intended") even as he hath said, As I sware in my wrath, If they shall enter into my rest; although the works were finished from the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 4:3

Rest a present possession of the Christian believer. "For we which have believed do enter into rest." The use of the present tense here ("do enter") has caused some difficulty to some expositors. Alford explains the text thus, that they are to enter into the rest who at the time of the fulfillment of the promise shall be found to have believed. Stuart points out that in "the idiom of the Bible, the present tense is often used as a universal tense, embracing time past, present, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 4:3-10

The course of Christian effort is justified by the certainty of a future rest. In these verses we have the gradual development of the idea of rest, which begins with the sabbath rest, in which God saw that all that he had made was very good, and he blessed the work of his hands. To keep this fact before the minds of Israel he ordained the celebration of the weekly sabbath, in which, as the Lord of time, he required his people to remit their daily labors, and acknowledge him as the Creator... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 4:4-5

For he hath said somewhere ( που cf. Hebrews 2:6 ) of the seventh day on this wise, And God rested the seventh day from all his works; and in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest. Here the argument is carried out. The first passage quoted shows what must be understood by the "rest of God;" the second shows that it still remains open, that "it remaineth that some should enter thereinto." This being the case— read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 4:3

For we which have believed do enter into rest - That is, it is a certain fact that believers “will” enter into rest. That promise is made to “believers;” and as we have evidence that “we” come under the denomination of believers, it will follow that we have the offer of rest as well as they. That this is so, the apostle proceeds to prove; that is, he proceeds to show from the Old Testament that there was a promise to “believers” that they would enter into rest. Since there was such a promise,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 4:4

For he spake - Genesis 2:2. “And God did rest.” “At the close of the work of creation he rested. The work was done. “That” was the rest of God. He was happy in the contemplation of his own works; and he instituted that day to be observed as a memorial of “his” resting from his works, and as a “type” of the eternal rest which remained for man.” The idea is this, that the notion of “rest” of some kind runs through all dispensations. It was seen in the finishing of the work of creation; seen in... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 4:5

And in this place again - Psalms 95:11.If they shall enter - That is, they shall not enter; see the notes at Hebrews 3:11. The object of quoting this here seems to be two-fold:To show that even in this Psalm God spoke of “his” rest, and said that they should not enter into it; and, (2)It is connected with Hebrews 4:6, and is designed to show that it was implied that a rest yet remained. “That which deserves to be called “the divine rest” is spoken of in the Scriptures, and as “they” did not... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 4:3

Hebrews 4:3. For we who have believed Or, who believe, namely, in Christ, and the promises of rest made in the gospel, and are diligent in the use of the means appointed in order to the attainment of it; do enter into rest Are at present made partakers of the rest promised by Jesus to the weary and heavy-laden that come to, and learn of him, Matthew 11:28-29: the rest implied in peace with God, peace of conscience, tranquillity of mind, the love of God and of all mankind shed abroad... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 4:4-8

Hebrews 4:4-8. For he spake in a certain place Namely, Genesis 2:2; Exodus 31:17; on this wise, God did rest, &c. These words the apostle quotes, because they show that the seventh-day rest is fitly called God’s rest, and that the seventh-day rest was observed from the creation of the world. “God’s ceasing from his works of creation is called his resting from all his works, because, according to our way of conceiving things, he had exerted an infinite force in creating the... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 4:1-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 4:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 4:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 4:3-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 4:4-5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 4:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 4:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 4:5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 4:3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 4:4-8

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