Hebrews 4:5
in Hebrews 4And again, as He says in the passage above: “They shall never enter My rest.”
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ASV
and in this place again, They shall not enter into my rest.
KJV
And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest.
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This verse in Hebrews 4
Commentary
12 notes on this verseIndeed, he says, "the third rest is the kingdom of heaven. And there again, "If they shall enter into my rest." Behold, therefore, two works, the other indeed of which David said: "If they shall enter into my rest."
This site's exposition
spoken about the seventh day
on Hebrews 4:4-5
Two texts stand side by side, Genesis 2:2, And on the seventh day God rested, and Psalm 95, They shall never enter My rest. God entered his rest at creation, and a later generation was still invited into it, so the rest is larger than Canaan.
This site's exposition
They shall never enter My rest
In They shall never enter My rest, the rest is God's own, the seventh day rest that verse 4 cites from Genesis 2:2. Genesis closes each of the first six days with evening and morning and leaves the seventh open, so that rest still continues.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers3 voices
He wants to make clear three rests mentioned in the divine Scripture: first, the seventh day, on which God finished creating; second, the land of promise; and third, the kingdom of heaven. He provides proof of this from the inspired testimony: If there is no …
For because he means this, he says, "For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all His works. And in this place again, If they shall enter into My rest." Thou seest how that doth not hinder this from being a rest?
A commentator
Theodore of MopsuestiaFRAGMENTS ON THE EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWS 4.4-7 · Written before 428.
proposed
This is the work of true "rest," namely, not having to run again to the old things, while enduring transition and change. For just as God is said to rest from his creation of the world, having completed its foundation, so it is fitting that …
The Medieval Church2 voices
Then he cites the authority of David, which has already been explained. But when he says, since, then, it remains for some to enter it, he argues from the premises. In regard to this he does two things: first he accepts the sense of the …
It would seem that this speech is inconsistent, but in reality it is not: it speaks of the fact that no one can say that David is speaking of the Sabbath rest. For how can he speak of it, when it had long since passed …
4 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And in this place again,.... In Psa 95:11 he speaks again of another rest distinct from that on the seventh day; which, and not the latter, is what believers under the Gospel dispensation enter into: if they shall enter into my rest: that is, unbelievers shall not enter into it; as the unbelieving Israelites did not enter into the typical rest, so neither shall any unbeliever enter into the Gospel rest, the antitype of the former.
He specifies this, that we have a promise left us of entering into his rest; that is, of entering into a covenant-relation to Christ, and a state of communion with God through Christ, and of growing up therein, till we are made perfect in glory.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
And in this place again - In the ninety-fifth Psalm, already quoted, Psa 95:3. This was a second rest which the Lord promised to the believing, obedient seed of Abraham; and as it was spoken of in the days of David, when the Jews actually possessed this long promised Canaan, therefore it is evident that that was not the rest which God intended, as the next verse shows.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
And in this place again - Psa 95:11. If they shall enter - That is, they shall not enter; see the notes at Heb 3:
The words behind it
10 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| καὶ | kai | And | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → | 2738 times |
| τούτῳ | touto | this [passage] | G3778 → | 1381 times |
| πάλιν· | palin | again; | G3825 → | 139 times |
| εἰ | ei | [Not] | G1487 → | 508 times |
| εἰσελεύσονται | eiseleusontai | will they enter | G1525 → | 194 times |
| εἰς | eis | into | G1519 → | 1755 times |
| τὴν | ten | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| κατάπαυσίν | katapausin | rest | G2663 → | 9 times |
| μου. | mou | of Mine. | G3165 → | 1936 times |
καὶAnd
kaiG2532 →9120 times
ἐνin
enG1722 →2738 times
τούτῳthis [passage]
toutoG3778 →1381 times
πάλιν·again;
palinG3825 →139 times
εἰ[Not]
eiG1487 →508 times
εἰσελεύσονταιwill they enter
eiseleusontaiG1525 →194 times
εἰςinto
eisG1519 →1755 times
τὴνthe
tenG3588 →19766 times
κατάπαυσίνrest
katapausinG2663 →9 times
μου.of Mine.
mouG3165 →1936 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 95:11So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.”
it leads to
- Hebrews 4:3
Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: “So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” And…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 14:23
not one will ever see the land that I swore to give their fathers. None of those who have treated Me with contempt will see it.
- Hebrews 3:11
So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’”
- Hebrews 3:18
And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed?
- Hebrews 4:3
Through
Hebrews 4:3Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: “So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” And…
it leads to
- Psalms 95:11
So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.”
- Matthew 11:28–29
Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
- 1 Peter 1:20
He was known before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in the last times for your sake.
- Psalms 95:11
Through
Hebrews 3:11So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’”
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 1:34–35
When the LORD heard your words, He grew angry and swore an oath, saying,
- Deuteronomy 1:34–35
Where this verse is studied
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Studies26
- The Armor of God
- The Words Chazaq, Amats and Parrhesia
- Creation to New Creation
- The Creation Week
- Jesus: Titles & Roles
- Types of Christ: Joseph and Joshua
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About Hebrews
This page draws on 14 works. Open the list of works
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory; John Chrysostom, Homily on Hebrews 6; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); John Owen, An Exposition of the Epistle to the Hebrews; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the New Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Oecumenius, The Pseudo-Oecumenian Catena on Hebrews; Theodore of Mopsuestia, FRAGMENTS ON THE EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWS 4.4-7; Theodoret of Cyrus, INTERPRETATION OF HEBREWS 4; Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on Hebrews and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Hebrews.