As God did from his (ωσπερ απο των ιδιων ο θεος). It is not cessation of work, but rather of the weariness and pain in toil. The w…

For he that is entered into rest. That is, the person who is so fortunate as to reach heaven will enjoy a rest similar to that which God h…

Into his rest.—That is, into God’s rest.

Has ceased.—Rather, has rested from his works as God…

There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did…

We now have a description of at least part of what the rest means. The writer reverts to the word for “rest” that he has been using earlier instead…

For he who has entered into his rest, or, For he who has rested, etc. This is a definition of that perpetual Sabbath in which the…

For he that is entered into his rest ,
&c] This is to be understood not of believers, nor of their entrance into the…

The privileges we have under the gospel, are greater than any had under the law of Moses, though the same gospel in substance was preached under bo…

Having cited two authorities—one from Genesis 2 and the other from Psalm 94—and drawn his conclusion from the second authority, the Psalm, the Apos…