Hebreos 4:8

8 Porque si Jesús {Josué en el Heb.} les hubiera dado el Reposo, no hablaría después de otro día

Hebreos 4:8 Meaning and Commentary

Hebrews 4:8

For if Jesus had given them rest
That is, Joshua; for Hosheah, Joshua, and Jesus, are one and the same name; or Jesus himself, as two of Stephens's copies read; and so Joshua is called Jesus by the Septuagint interpreters on ( Exodus 17:10 ) ( 24:13 ) and other places where he is mentioned; and also, by Josephus ^F8, and Philo

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 the Jew. The Syriac version, lest any should mistake this for Jesus Christ, adds, "the son of Nun": who is certainly the person designed, as the apostle's reasoning shows; who was an eminent type of Jesus Christ: there is an agreement in their names, both signify a saviour, Joshua was a temporal saviour, Christ a spiritual one; and in their office they were both servants; and in their qualifications for their office, such as wisdom, courage, faithfulness, and integrity. Joshua was a type of Christ in many actions of his life; in the miracles he wrought, or were wrought for him; in the battles he fought, and the victories he obtained; in saving Rahab and her family; in receiving the Gibeonites, who came submissively to him; and in leading the children of Israel into Canaan's land, which he divided to them by lot: but though he brought them into a land of rest, into the typical rest, where they had rest for a while from their temporal enemies, yet he did not give them the true spiritual rest: had he,

then would he not afterward have spoken of another day;
that is, God, in David's time, and by him, would not have so long after appointed another day of rest; meaning, not any particular day of the week, but the whole Gospel dispensation, in the times of the Messiah; wherefore the apostle concludes as follows.

F8 Antiqu. Jud. l. 4. c. 7. sect. 2. c. 8. sect. 46, 47, 48. & l. 5. c. 1. sect. 1. & passim.
F9 De Charitate, p. 698, 699, 700.

Hebreos 4:8 In-Context

6 Así pues, resta que algunos han de entrar en él, y que aquellos a quienes primero fue anunciado, no entraron por causa de la desobediencia

7 determina otra vez un cierto día, diciendo: HOY, por David tanto tiempo después, como está dicho: Si oyereis HOY su voz, no endurezcáis vuestros corazones

8 Porque si Jesús {Josué en el Heb.} les hubiera dado el Reposo, no hablaría después de otro día

9 Así que queda el sabatismo para el Pueblo de Dios

10 Porque el que ha entrado en su Reposo, también él ha reposado de sus obras, como Dios de las suyas