There remaineth therefore a rest Since the word used for "rest" is here a different word (sabbatismos) from that which has been used through the earlier part of the argument (katapausis), it is a pity that King Jameses translators, who indulge in so many needless variations, did not here introduce a necessary change of rendering. The word means "a Sabbath rest," and supplies an important link in the argument by pointing to the fact that "the rest" which the Author has in view is God's rest, a far higher conception of rest than any of which Canaan could be an adequate type. The Sabbath, which in 2Ma 15:1 is called "the Day of Rest" (katapausis), is a nearer type of Heaven than Canaan. Dr Kay supposes that there is an allusion to Joshua's first Sabbatic year, when "the land had rest from war" (Joshua 14:15), and adds that Psalms 92-104 have a Sabbatic character, and that Psalms 92 is headed "a song for the sabbath day."

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