He again defineth a certain day
(παλιν τινα οριζε ημεραν). Present active indicative of οριζω, old verb to set a limit (ορος, horizon) as in Acts 17:26; Romans 1:4.In David
(εν Δαυειδ). Attributing the Psalm to David or in the Psalter at any rate.Hath been before said
(προειρητα). Perfect passive indicative referring to the quotation in Hebrews 3:7; Hebrews 3:15.After so long a time
(μετα τοσουτον χρονον). The time between Joshua and David.
Verse Hebrews 4:7. _HE LIMITETH A CERTAIN DAY_] The term _day_ signifies not only _time_ in general, but also _present time_, and a particular _space_. Day here seems to have the same meaning as _res...
AGAIN, HE LIMITETH - He designates, or definitely mentions. The word rendered “limiteth” - ὁρίζει horizei - means to “bound,” to set a boundary - as of a field or farm; and then to determine or fix...
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...
AGAIN, &C. Read Again (seeing), &c. Figure of speech _Ellipsis._ App-6. LIMITETH. defineth. Greek. _horizo._ See Acts 2:23. DAVID. In Psalms 95:7, Psa 8923:8....
_again he limiteth a certain day …_ There is no reason whatever for the parenthesis in the A. V., of which the reading, rendering, and punctuation are here alike infelicitous to an extent which destro...
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)...
ΠΆΛΙΝ ΤΙΝᾺ ὉΡΊΖΕΙ ἩΜΈΡΑΝ. There is no reason whatever for the parenthesis in the A. V., of which the reading, rendering, and punctuation are here alike infelicitous to an extent which destroys for ord...
_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...
ΟΡΊΖΕΙ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΌΡΊΖΩ (G3724) отмечать границей, назначать, определять. ΣΉΜΕΡΟΝ (G4594) сегодня, ΛΈΓΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить, ΤΟΣΟΎΤΟΣ (G5118) так долго. Использ...
AGAIN, HE LIMITETH A CERTAIN DAY,— "The scripture mentions _God's rest_ again, with a strong exhortation to the people in David's days; and he gives a strong encouragement to them not to harden their...
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...
Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts. AGAIN - Anew the promise recurs. Greek orde...
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...
AFTER SO LONG A TIME] i.e. the time between Moses and David. In David's time the rest continued open, and therefore it is concluded that it is open still....
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...
AGAIN, HE LIMITETH. — Better, _He again marketh out_ (or, _defineth_). The next step taken (see the last Note) is to point out that, long after the occupation of Canaan, the Psalmist — God speaking in...
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...
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,...
7.But there is some more difficulty in what he immediately subjoins, that there is another today appointed for us in the Psalm, because the former people had been excluded; but the words of David (as...
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...
AGAIN HE LIMITETH A CERTAIN DAY,.... Since the seventh day of the creation was a day of rest which God entered into, and not man; and since the land of Canaan was a typical rest, which the unbelieving...
Πάλιν τινὰ ὁρίλει ἡμέραν, Σήμερον, ἐν Δαβὶδ λέγων, μετὰ τοσοῦτον χρόνον, καθὼς εἴρηται, σήμερον ¸ ἐὰν τῆς φωνῆς αὐτοῦ ἀκούσητε, μὴ σκληρύνητε τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν. Some MSS. for εἴρηται, “said,” or “spoke...
Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts. Ver. 7. _After so long a time_] Four hundred...
HEB. 4:7. AGAIN, HE LIMITETH A CERTAIN DAY, SAYING IN DAVID, TO DAY, AFTER SO LONG A TIME; AS IT IS SAID, TO DAY IF YE WILL HEAR HIS VOICE, HARDEN NOT YOUR HEARTS. _ Blank Bible: _ _ Today after, s...
_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...
The rest remaining to the people of God:...
AGAIN, HE LIMITETH A CERTAIN DAY, SAYING IN DAVID, TODAY, AFTER SO LONG A TIME; AS IT IS SAID, TODAY IF YE WILL HEAR HIS VOICE, HARDEN NOT YOUR HEARTS....
"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,...
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...
AGAIN, HE LIMITETH A CERTAIN DAY, SAYING IN DAVID: this is a further proof, that David did not mean or intend the rest of the Jews in Canaan, in the PSALMS 95:1, from the determined time of it; as if...
Hebrews 4:7 again G3825 designates G3724 (G5719) certain G5100 day G2250 saying G3004 (G5723) in G1722 David...
Hebrews 4:7. AGAIN. To continue the argument and to correct another misconstruction. He has already shown that the rest of God of which he here speaks is not the rest of God after creation; he now pro...
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...
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...
THIS IS SHOWN. Long after Israel had gone into Canaan, God spoke to them through David. These words quote Psalms 95:7-8 Septuagint. This shows that the words to the Israelites in the desert were not o...
_To-day_ THE PRESENT Let us take that short division of time--to-day--the now--and consider what is the duty, the preciousness of each passing hour and day. 1. Let us notice that each day has its ow...
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 Kings 6:1; 2 Samuel 23:1; 2 Samuel 23:2; Acts 13:20; Acts 2:29;...
Again he limiteth a certain day (palin tina oJrizei hJmeran). For limiteth rend. defineth. For the verb see on declared, Romans 1:4. The meaning is, he gives another opportunity of securing the rest,...
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...
After so long a time — It was above four hundred years from the time of Moses and Joshua to David. As it was said before — St. Paul here refers to the text he had just cited....