Hebrews 4:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Hebrews 4:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 determin...
Hebrews 4:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Hebrews 4:1-13 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...
Hebrews 4:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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.
Hebrews 4:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 Da...
Hebrews 4:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. He limiteth a certain day - The term day sign...
Hebrews 4:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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 the...
Hebrews 4:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. Gree...
Hebrews 4:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 a...
Hebrews 4:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
Hebrews 4:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Hebrews 4:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Rest That Joshua Could Not Give Hebrews 4:1-10 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 ?...
Hebrews 4:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Hebrews 4:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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...
Hebrews 4:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 unbeliev...
Hebrews 4:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 hundr...
Hebrews 4:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 c...
Hebrews 4:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

"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,...
Hebrews 4:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Gospel Privileges; Cautions against Apostasy. A. D. 62. 1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promi...
Hebrews 4:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 95:1-11 , from the determined time of...
Hebrews 4:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 tr...
Hebrews 4:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Hebrews 4:1-11 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...
Hebrews 4:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 t...
Hebrews 4:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 th...
Hebrews 4:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
Hebrews 4:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 hav...
Hebrews 4:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The rest remaining to the people of God:
Hebrews 4:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 6:1 ; 2 Samuel 23:1 ; 2 Samuel 23:2 ; Acts 13:20-23 ; Acts 2:29 ; Acts 2:31 ; Acts 28:25 ; Hebrews 3:15 ; Hebrews 3:7 ; Hebrews 3:8 ; Luke 20:42 ; Mark 12:36 ; Matthew 22:43 ; P...
Hebrews 4:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Let Us Hebrews 4:1-13 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 b...
Hebrews 4:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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.

Hebrews 4:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hebrews 4:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Hebrews 4:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Hebrews 4:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Hebrews 4:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Hebrews 4:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Hebrews 4:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Hebrews 4:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Hebrews 4:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Hebrews 4:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Hebrews 4:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Hebrews 4:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hebrews 4:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hebrews 4:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Hebrews 4:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Hebrews 4:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hebrews 4:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Hebrews 4:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Hebrews 4:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Hebrews 4:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Hebrews 4:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Hebrews 4:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Hebrews 4:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hebrews 4:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Hebrews 4:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Hebrews 4:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hebrews 4:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hebrews 4:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Hebrews 4:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes