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The Nature of God's Rest
Commentators clarify that God's 'rest' on the seventh day was not from weariness but from the completion of His creative work. It signifies satisfaction and delight in a finished task. This cessation from the work of creation, as described in Genesis, serves as the original model for the spiritual rest that is the subject of the author's argument.
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Hebrews
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Albert Barnes
On Hebrews 4:4
18th Century
Theologian
For he spake (Genesis 2:2).
And God did rest. "At the close of the work of creation he rested. The work was do…
AT Robertson
On Hebrews 4:4
Somewhere on this wise (που ουτως). See 2:6 for που τις for a like indefinite allusion to an Old Testament quotation. Here it is G…
Charles Ellicott
On Hebrews 4:4
19th Century
Bishop
For he spoke in a certain place.—Better, For he has spoken somewhere, another example of indefiniteness of citation. (See…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Hebrews 4:4–5
19th Century
Preacher
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, …
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Hebrews 4:4
The writer does not precisely locate his quotation (Genesis 2:2) but contents himself with the general “somewhere.” Nor does he say who…
John Gill
On Hebrews 4:4
17th Century
Pastor
For he spoke in a certain place
(Genesis 2:2) that is, Moses, the penman of that book spoke, or God by h…
Matthew Henry
On Hebrews 4:1–10
17th Century
Minister
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…