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Hebrews 4:8

For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.

KJV

εἰ γὰρ αὐτοὺς Ἰησοῦς κατέπαυσεν, οὐκ ἂν περὶ ἄλλης ἐλάλει μετὰ ταῦτα ἡμέρας.

Greek NT

Nam si eis Jesus requiem præstitisset, numquam de alia loqueretur, posthac, die.

Vulgate

For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterward of another day.

ASV

For if Jesus had given them rest he would never have afterwards spoken of another day.

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
καταπαύω
katapauo
verb · 4×
λαλέω
laleo
verb · 298×
μετά
meta
preposition · 469×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
περί
peri
preposition · 335×
ἄλλος
allos
adjective · 154×
ἄν
an
particle · 165×
ἡμέρα
emera
noun · 388×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×

Typology

Historic Christian voices

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§624"By the grace of God" Jesus tasted death "for every one".459 In his plan of salvation, God ordained that his Son should not only "die for our sins"460 but should also "taste death", experience the condition of death, the separation of his soul from his body, between the time he expired on the cross and the time he was raised from the dead. the state of the dead Christ is the my…
§1720The New Testament uses several expressions to characterize the beatitude to which God calls man: - the coming of the Kingdom of God;16 - the vision of God: "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God"17 - entering into the joy of the Lord;18 - entering into God's rest:19 There we shall rest and see, we shall see and love, we shall love and praise. Behold what will be…
1. Paul, having treated of hope, and having said that We are His house, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end Hebrews 3:6; next shows that we ought to look forward with firmness, and he proves this from the Scriptures. But be attentive, because he has expressed this in a manner somewhat difficult and not readily to be comprehended. And t…

Cross-references

  • Acts 7:45 — Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;
  • Deut 12:9 — For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the LORD your God giveth you.
  • Deut 12:9 — For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the LORD your God giveth you.
  • Exod 17:9 — And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.
  • Exod 33:14 — And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
  • Heb 11:13 — These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the eart
  • Isa 63:14 — As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name.
  • Josh 1:15 — Until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as he hath given you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, an
  • Josh 19:51 — These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh befor
  • Josh 22:4 — And now the LORD your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto your tents, and unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant o
  • Josh 23:1 — And it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age.
  • Ps 78:55 — He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
  • Ps 116:7 — Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.