Hebrews 3:18 BSB — MannaFest

Hebrews 3:18

And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed?

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that were disobedient?

KJV

And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

HOMILIES ON THE PSALMS 10 (PSALM 76) (420)

They died, for they could not enter the promised land. They merely looked over toward the land of promise, but they could not enter it. The Jews beheld the promised land but could not enter it. They died in the desert.… We, their children, under the leadership of Jesus, have come to the Jordan and entered the promised land.

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The Medieval Church1 voice

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on Hebrews (1107)

Above he said: "was it not against those who sinned," but now: "the disobedient." He seems to be alluding to such believers from among the Hebrews, because many of them fell into other transgressions as well, besides faintheartedness and unbelief in the future.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

And to whom did he swear? &c. Whence observe, (1.) God is grieved only with those of his people who sin against him, and continue in sin. (2.) God is grieved and provoked most by sins publicly committed by the generality of a nation; when sin becomes epidemic, it is most provoking.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

To whom sware he - God never acts by any kind of caprice; whenever he pours out his judgments, there are the most positive reasons to vindicate his conduct. Those whose carcasses fell in the wilderness were they who had sinned. And those who did not enter into his rest were those who believed not. God is represented here as swearing that they should not enter in, in order to show the determinate nature of his purpose, the reason on which it was founded, and the height of the aggravation which occasioned it.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
τίσιν	tisin	To whom	G5101 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
ὤμοσεν	ōmosen	did He swear that	G3660 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
εἰσελεύσεσθαι	eiseleusesthai	to enter	G1525 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
κατάπαυσιν	katapausin	rest	G2663 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of Him	G846 →
εἰ	ei	only	G1487 →
μὴ	mē	except	G3361 →
τοῖς	tois	to those	G3588 →
ἀπειθήσασιν;	apeithēsasin	having disobeyed?	G544 →

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Numbers 20:12
But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust Me to show My holiness in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this assembly into the land that…
leads to
- Deuteronomy 1:37
  The LORD was also angry with me on your account, and He said, “Not even you shall enter the land.
- Numbers 27:14
  for when the congregation contended in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you rebelled against My command to show My holiness in their sight regarding the waters.” Those were the waters of Meribah in…
- Ezekiel 36:23
  I will show the holiness of My great name, which has been profaned among the nations—the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, declares the…
- Numbers 20:24
  “Aaron will be gathered to his people; he will not enter the land that I have given the Israelites, because both of you rebelled against My command at the waters of Meribah.
- Deuteronomy 3:23–27
  At that time I also pleaded with the LORD:
Through
Hebrews 4:6
Since, then, it remains for some to enter His rest, and since those who formerly heard the good news did not enter because of their disobedience,
leads to
- Matthew 21:43
  Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.
- Hebrews 3:18–19
  And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed?
- Hebrews 4:2
  For we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it.

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03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Hebrews

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Hebrews