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Hebrews 4:9
9So there remains a [full and complete] Sabbath rest for the people of God.
Hebrews 4:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
- New International Version (NIV)There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God;
- English Standard Version (ESV)So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God,
- New King James Version (NKJV)There remains therefore a rest for the people of God.
Context of Hebrews 4:9
7He again sets a definite day, [a new] “Today,” [providing another opportunity to enter that rest by] saying through David after so long a time, just as has been said before [in the words already quoted], “Today if you hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts.” 8[This mention of a rest was not a reference to their entering into Canaan.] For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not speak about another day [of opportunity] after that. So there remains a [full and complete] Sabbath rest for the people of God. 10For the one who has once entered His rest has also rested from [the weariness and pain of] his [human] labors, just as God rested from [those labors uniquely] His own. 11Let us therefore make every effort to enter that rest [of God, to know and experience it for ourselves], so that no one will fall by following the same example of disobedience [as those who died in the wilderness].
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ἄρα ἀπολείπεται σαββατισμὸς τῷ λαῷ τοῦ θεοῦ.Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Hebrews 4:9
- Hebrews 4:1Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still remains and is freely offered today, let us fear, in case any one of you may seem to come short of reaching it or think he has come too late.
- Hebrews 3:11So I swore [an oath] in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter My rest [the promised land].’ ”
- Isaiah 11:10Then in that day The nations will make supplications to the Root of Jesse Who will stand as a signal for the peoples; And His resting place will be glorious.
- Isaiah 57:2He enters into peace [through death]; They rest in their beds (graves), Each one who walked uprightly [following God’s will, living with integrity].
- Isaiah 60:19The sun will no longer be your light by day, Nor shall the bright glow of the moon give light to you, But the Lord will be an everlasting light for you; And your God will be your glory and splendor.
- Revelation 7:14I said to him, “My lord, you know [the answer].” And he said to me, “These are the people who come out of the great tribulation (persecution), and they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb [because of His atoning sacrifice].
- Revelation 21:4and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be death; there will no longer be sorrow and anguish, or crying, or pain; for the former order of things has passed away.”
- Hebrews 11:25because he preferred to endure the hardship of the people of God rather than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin.
- Psalms 47:9The princes of the people have gathered together as the people of the God of Abraham, For the shields of the earth belong to God; He is highly exalted.
- Matthew 1:21She will give birth to a Son, and you shall name Him Jesus (The Lord is salvation), for He will save His people from their sins.”
- 1 Peter 2:10Once you were not a people [at all], but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
Commentaries on Hebrews 4:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9There, remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God - It was not, The rest of the Sabbath; it was not, The rest in the promised land, for the psalmist wrote long after the days of Joshua; therefore there is another rest, a state of blessedness, for the people of God; and this is the Gospel, the blessings it procures and communicates, and the eternal glory which it prepares for, and has promised to, genuine believers. There are two words in this chapter…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9There remaineth, therefore, a rest - This is the conclusion to which the apostle comes. The meaning is this, that according to the Scriptures there is “now” a promise of rest made to the people of God. It did not pertain merely to those who were called to go to the promised land, nor to those who lived in the time of David, but it is “still” true that the promise of rest pertains to “all” the people of God of every generation. The “reasoning” by which the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9a Sabbath rest: The sacrifice of Jesus worked like a Day of Atonement sacrifice (Hebrews 5:1–3; 9:13–22; see Leviticus 23:26–28, 32). Through Christ's sacrifice, God's promised rest is available to his people.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. therefore--because God "speaks of another day" (see on He 4:8). remaineth--still to be realized hereafter by the "some (who) must enter therein" (He 4:6), that is, "the people of God," the true Israel who shall enter into God's rest ("My rest," He 4:3). God's rest was a Sabbatism; so also will ours be. a rest--Greek, "Sabbatism." In time there are many Sabbaths, but then there shall be the enjoyment and keeping of a Sabbath-rest: one perfect and…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Hebrews 4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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