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

Bible Comments

For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.

He spake - God (Genesis 2:2).

God did rest the seventh day - a rest not ending with the seventh day, but beginning then, and still continuing, into which believers enter. God's rest is not a rest necessitated by fatigue, nor consisting in idleness, but that upholding and governing of which creation was the beginning (Alford). Hence, Moses records the end of each of the first six days, but not of the seventh. 'The day of rest' for the Sabbath is taken from 2Ma 15:1 х hee (G3588) tees (G3588) katapauseoos (G2663) heemera (G2250)].

From all his works - Hebrew, Genesis 2:2, 'from all His work.' God's 'work' was one, comprehending, however, many "works."

Hebrews 4:4

4 For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.