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Hebrews 4:6
Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief;
Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief;
Verse Hebrews 4:6. _IT REMAINETH THAT SOME MUST ENTER THEREIN_] Why our translators put in the word _must_ here I cannot even conjecture. I hope it was not to serve a system, as some have since used...
SEEING THEREFORE IT REMAINETH THAT SOME MUST ENTER THEREIN - That is, “Since there is a rest spoken of in the Scriptures, implying that it is to be enjoyed by some, and since they to whom it was first...
CHAPTER 4 _ 1. What the rest of God is (Hebrews 4:1)_ 2. The power of the Word of God (Hebrews 4:12) Hebrews 4:1 “Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left of entering into His rest, any on...
HEBREWS 4:1 continues the exposition of Psalms 95. The writer has already dealt with the warning contained therein; now he shows that this very warning implies a promise. In declaring that His rest is...
THE REST WE DARE NOT MISS (Hebrews 4:1-10)...
It is true that the promise which offers entry into the rest of God still remains for us; but beware lest any of you be adjudged to have missed it. It is indeed true that we have had the good news pre...
SOME. Greek. _tines._ App-124. THEREIN. into (Greek. _eis)_ it. TO WHOM, &C. = who were first evangelized. See Hebrews 4:2. BECAUSE OF. Greek. _dia_. App-104.Hebrews 4:2. Compare Hebrews
_it remaineth_ The promise is still left open, is unexhausted. _because of unbelief_ Rather, "because of _disobedience_" (_apeitheian_). It was not the Israelites of the wilderness, but their descend...
CONTINUED EXHORTATION TO EMBRACE THE YET OPEN OFFER OF GOD’S REST...
CH. 4. CONTINUED EXHORTATION TO EMBRACE THE YET OPEN OFFER OF GOD’S REST (1–13). EXHORTATION FOUNDED ON THE HIGH PRIESTHOOD OF CHRIST (14–16)...
ἈΠΟΛΕΊΠΕΤΑΙ. The promise is still left open, is unexhausted. ΔΙʼ ἈΠΕΊΘΕΙΑΝ. Not “because of _unbelief_” as in A. V., but “_because of_ DISOBEDIENCE.” It was not the Israelites of the wilderness, but...
_GREAT BLESSINGS FOR THE BELIEVERS -- HEBREWS 4:5-8:_ Here the Hebrew writer continues to quote from and apply Psalms 95:1-11. In Hebrews 4:5 he refers to...
ΈΠΕΊ (G1893) так как, потому что. ΆΠΟΛΕΊΠΕΤΑΙ _praes. ind. pass. от_ ΆΠΟΛΕΊΠΩ (G620) оставаться, оставлять позади; _pass._ быть оставленным, ΕΊΣΕΛΘΕΊΝ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΕΙΣΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G1525) входить....
SEEING THEREFORE IT REMAINETH, &C.— The difficulty here is, how does it appear, from the passages cited, that any were to enter into God's rest? That the incredulous and disobedient children of Israel...
b. _Canaan. Hebrews 4:6-8_. _TEXT_ Hebrews 4:6-8 Hebrews 4:6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that some should enter thereinto, and they to whom the good tidings were before preached failed to enter i...
CHRIST SUPERIOR TO JOSHUA. (Hebrews 4:3-10) There has been so much confusion in the minds of commentators, so many conflicting interpretations of Hebrews 4 in the past, that we deem it the more neces...
Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief: IT REMAINETH - still to be realized. SOME MUST ENTER. The de...
7 The Hebrew of Psa_95:7-11 reads ''as at Meribah" and "the day of Massah", and the passage refers to the twentieth of Numbers. The quotation substitutes their meanings. Meribah is "contention," or "b...
4:6 word, (b-29) _ Apeitheo_ . see Note e, John 3:36 . 'Who had not hearkened to the word' is, I apprehend, the true force here. It is taken from the LXX, Numbers 14:43 and Deuteronomy 1:26 , which r...
JESUS CHRIST, GIVER OR THE PROMISED REST, AND HIGH PRIEST TO BEING MEN TO GOD 1-13. Israel through unbelief failed to enter into the promised rest. The rest, therefore, remains open and a promise of...
THE SUPREMACY OF CHRIST. The OT. itself testifies to His supremacy as God's Son over its own chief personages: (a) first the angels, through whom the Jews believed that creation had been effected and...
HOW CAN I GET TO HEAVEN? HEBREWS _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 4 WARNING TO OBEY 3:7-4:2 4V1 The same promise of entering the place of God's rest is still there for us. We should be afraid that some...
The substance of the preceding verses may be thus expressed: There is a rest of God, into which some are to enter with God, — a rest not yet entered at the time of the wandering in the wilderness, and...
CHAPTER III. FUNDAMENTAL ONENESS OF THE DISPENSATIONS. Hebrews 3:1 - Hebrews 4:13 (R.V.). "Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High-priest of our conf...
The writer now, in Hebrews 4:6-9, gathers up the argument, and reaches his conclusion that a Sabbatism remains for God's people. The argument briefly is, God has provided a rest for men and has promis...
to Hebrews 4:13. Chapter s 3 and 4 as far as Hebrews 3:13, form one paragraph. The purpose of the writer in this passage, as in the whole Epistle, is to encourage his readers in their allegiance to Ch...
THE REST THAT JOSHUA COULD NOT GIVE Hebrews 4:1 The good news of Canaan's rest was preached to Israel but availed nothing, because the hearers were destitute of faith. They said, _Can God_ ? instead...
The picture of the whole generation who perished in the wilderness is brought to mind, and the question is, What did they lack, and why did they perish? They did not lack the message of "good tidings....
GOD'S REST IS LIMITED TO THE FAITHFUL The promise of entering God's rest is affirmed for all who believe, yet God's wrath would not allow those who rebelled in the wilderness to enter in (Psalms 95:11...
(4) Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. (2) For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the w...
The epistle to the Hebrews differs in some important respects from all those which have been before us; so much so that many have questioned whether it be the writing of the apostle Paul, of Apollos,...
The apostle goes on to apply this part of Israel's history to those whom he was addressing, laying stress on two points:1st, That Israel had failed of entering into rest, through unbelief; 2nd, That t...
SEEING THEREFORE IT REMAINETH,.... It follows by just consequence, THAT SOME MUST ENTER THEREIN; for God's swearing concerning some, that they should not enter into his rest, supposes that others sho...
Having thus removed an objection that might arise against the new proposal of a rest of God distinct from the sabbatical rest, which was appointed from the foundation of the world, and manifested that...
Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief: Ver. 6. _Seeing therefore it remaineth_] This is a deduction fro...
HEB. 4:6. SEEING THEREFORE IT REMAINETH THAT SOME MUST ENTER THEREIN, AND THEY TO WHOM IT WAS FIRST PREACHED ENTERED NOT IN BECAUSE OF UNBELIEF: _ Blank Bible:_ See Taylor's key p. 117: e. Heb. 4:7...
_For he spake in a certain place_ Namely, Genesis 2:2; Exodus 31:17; _on this wise, God did rest_, &c. These words the apostle quotes, because they show that _the seventh-day_ rest is fitly called _Go...
SEEING THEREFORE-HARDEN NOT YOUR HEARTS; some connect verse Hebrews 4:6 immediately with verse Hebrews 4:11, making the intervening verses a parenthesis. But the passage is plainer if taken without an...
"Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into His rest, any of you should seem to come short of it." This admonition is a continuation of Ch. 3. The promise has been left us,...
IT WAS FIRST PREACHED: Or, the Gospel was first preached...
1-10 The privileges we have under the gospel, are greater than any had under the law of Moses, though the same gospel for substance was preached under both Testaments. There have been in all ages man...
The Spirit having demonstrated, that God's rest sworn to believers in the gospel, and mentioned by David, could not be the seventh day's rest; proceeds to prove likewise, that it could not be the rest...
Hebrews 4:6 Since G1893 therefore G3767 remains G620 (G5743) some G5100 enter G1525 (G5629) it G1519...
Hebrews 4:6 is clearly an unfinished sentence, finding its completion in Hebrews 4:9 or Hebrews 4:11. LET US THEREFORE LABOUR, etc., SEEING IT REMAINETH; rather, it still remaineth, for some to enter...
Hebrews 4:1-11. TO understand the force of the reasoning of these verses, and the naturalness of the different interpretations of the Psalm which the Apostle is explaining, note that ‘ MY REST ' is pr...
IT REMAINETH (απολειπετα). Present passive indicative of απολειπω, old verb to leave behind, to remain over. So again in Hebrews 4:9; Hebrews 10:26. Here the infinitive clause (τινας εισελθειν εις α...
Hebrews 4:1 Fear and Rest. I. The worldly man neither fears nor loves God. He sometimes imagines he loves God, because he is not afraid, because he is not awed by the holy majesty of God, and does no...
Hebrews 4:1. _Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it._ If you avoid the very seeming of it, you will avoid the thin...
Hebrews 4:1. _Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest any of you should seem to come short of it._ Not only dread coming short, but dread the very appearance of...
CONTENTS: The better rest for the believer. The perfect work of redemption. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, David. CONCLUSION: The privileges by Christ under the Gospel are far greater than those enjoyed un...
Hebrews 4:1. _Let us therefore fear, lest a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it._ This caution is repeated from the preseding chapter, but the r...
THOSE WHO FIRST HEARD. God does not experiment or make mistakes. The very fact that he created A _rest_ proves that some will go in and rest. Those who first heard the Good News of this _rest_ did not...
_We which have believed do enter into rest_ THE DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERS OF TRUE BELIEVERS 1. A sweet experience declared, “We do enter into rest.” It is an experience of a spiritual and heavenly...
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 4:6 Verse Hebrews 4:6 restates the conclusions of vv. Hebrews 4:2. Verse...
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 4:1 Continuing to use Psalms 95:1, the author focuses on the word “rest.” The section makes most sense if the rest is understood as having begun but still awaiting completion.
SOUL-REST _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ THIS chapter should not have been separated from the previous one, as it is a continuation of the hortatory passage. There is, however, a break in the treat...
EXPOSITION A REST STILL OFFERED TO CHRISTIANS. HEBREWS 4:1 LET US FEAR, THEREFORE, LEST, A PROMISE BEING STILL LEFT OF ENTERING INTO HIS REST, ANY ONE OF YOU SHOULD SEEM TO HAVE COME SHORT. This ve...
Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it (Hebrews 4:1). As you look at your own heart tonight, is it at rest? Have you...
1 Corinthians 7:29; Acts 13:46; Acts 13:47; Acts 28:28; Galatians 3:8
The rest was not appropriated by those under Moses, nor, in the full sense, by those under Joshua, nor in David's time. It remaineth that some must enter therein [α π ο λ ε ι π ε τ α ι τ ι ν α ς ε ι σ...
LET US Hebrews 4:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Every book in the Bible is correlated with every other book. The Bible is a perfect whole. No book can be taken away without its unity and continuity being bro...