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For he has said somewhere about the seventh day like this, "God rested on the seventh day from all his works;"
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
For he spake (Genesis 2:2).
And God did rest. "At the close of the work of creation he rested. The work was do…
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…
19th Century
Anglican
For he spoke in a certain place.—Better, For he has spoken somewhere, another example of indefiniteness of citation. (See…
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Baptist
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, …
The writer does not precisely locate his quotation (Genesis 2:2) but contents himself with the general “somewhere.” Nor does he say who…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For he spoke in a certain place (Genesis 2:2) that is, Moses, the penman of that book spoke, or God by h…
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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…
13th Century
Catholic
Having cited and explained the authority, the Apostle now argues from it. In this regard, he does two things:
