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.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. read more
For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.The rest — All the rest which God had promised. read more
There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.Therefore — Since he still speaks of another day, there must remain a farther, even an eternal, rest for the people of God. read more
For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.For they do not yet so rest. Therefore a fuller rest remains for them. read more
Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. Lest any one should fall — Into perdition. read more
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.For the word of God — Preached, Hebrews 4:2, and armed with threatenings, Hebrews 4:3.Is living and powerful — Attended with the power of the living God, and conveying either life or death to the hearers.Sharper than any two-edged sword — Penetrating the heart more... read more
Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.In his sight — It is God whose word is thus "powerful:" it is God in whose sight every creature is manifest; and of this his word, working on the conscience, gives the fullest conviction.But all things are naked and opened — Plainly alluding to the sacrifices under the law which were first flayed, and then (as the Greek word literally means) cleft... read more
1. Therefore In view of the fearful examples of apostasy in last chapter. Let us fear Implying a belief in its practical possibility and an earnest desire to avoid it. Seem Should appear. To come short Past tense; to have come short; namely, after the end of Hebrews 3:14, and at the judgment day. Hence the seem, or appear, is not a false seeming, but an appearance of a dread reality to the eye of God and in the light of the final judgment. A direful result is this for us to fear;... read more
c. Was it not the unbelievers who failed of that rest? Then let us fear, Hebrews 3:16 to Hebrews 4:2 . This paragraph is a series of questions impressing upon the Hebrews the fact that the underlying cause of Israel’s destruction in the wilderness was one unbelief. Hebrews 3:19. This furnishes basis for an inferential exhortation against apostasy by this same unbelief, commencing with the therefore of Hebrews 4:1, and extending to Hebrews 4:16. read more
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Hebrews 4:5
And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest.In this psalm, of a rest yet to come. read more