Hebrews 4:4

4 For he has somewhere spoken of the seventh day in this way: ¹“And God rested on the seventh day from all his works. ”

Hebrews 4:4 Meaning and Commentary

Hebrews 4:4

For he spake in a certain place
( Genesis 2:2 ) that is, Moses, the penman of that book spoke, or God by him:

of the seventh day on this wise;
of the seventh day of the world, or from the creation of the heavens and the earth:

and God did rest the seventh day from all his works:
of creation, but not of providence; for in them he works hitherto; nor does this rest suppose labour with fatigue and weariness, and ease and refreshment from it; only cessation from working in a creative way, and the utmost delight, complacency and satisfaction in what he had done. The Alexandrian copy leaves out the phrase, "the seventh day".

Hebrews 4:4 In-Context

2 For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened.

3 For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, “As I swore in my wrath, ‘They shall not enter my rest, ’”although his works were finished from the foundation of the world.

4 For he has somewhere spoken of the seventh day in this way: “And God rested on the seventh day from all his works. ”

5 And again in this passage he said, “They shall not enter my rest. ”

6 Since therefore it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly received the good news failed to enter because of disobedience,

Cross References

• 1. 4:4 Cited from Gen. 2:2; [Ex. 20:11; 31:17]