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There remains therefore a Sabbath rest for the people of God.
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A Special 'Sabbath-Rest'
Commentators highlight that the author uses a unique Greek word, 'sabbatismos', not found elsewhere in the New Testament. This isn't just any rest, but a 'Sabbath-keeping' rest. It signifies a deeper, more spiritual reality than the weekly Sabbath or the rest in Canaan, pointing to a complete rest in God Himself.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
There remaineth, therefore, a rest. This is the conclusion to which the apostle comes. The meaning is this: that according to the Scriptur…
A sabbath rest (σαββατισμος). Late word from σαββατιζω (Exodus 16:30) to keep the Sabbath, apparently coined by the au…
19th Century
Anglican
There remaineth therefore.—Or, therefore there is (still) left: the word is the same as in Hebrews 4:6.…
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Baptist
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…
This verse expresses the logical consequence of what precedes. The Greek word used for “Sabbath-rest” (GK 4878) is most likely a word made up by th…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Not all mankind; nor the people of the Jews only; rather…
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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 two authorities—one from Genesis 2 and the other from Psalm 94—and drawn his conclusion from the second authority, the Psalm, the Apos…
