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Hebrews 4:8 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Hebrews 4:8Greek Interlinear

Greek · Hebrews 4:813 words
GreekMeaning
εἰei
IfwordG1487
γὰρgar
forwordG1063
αὐτοὺςautous
to thempronounG846
ἸησοῦςIēsous
JoshuanounG2424
κατέπαυσενkatepausen
gave restverbG2664
οὐκouk
notadverbG3756
ἂνan
then wouldparticleG302
περὶperi
aboutprepositionG4012
ἄλληςallēs
anotheradjectiveG243
ἐλάλειelalei
was he speakingverbG2980
μετὰmeta
afterprepositionG3326
ταῦταtauta
thisdemonstrativeG3778
ἡμέραςhēmeras
daynounG2250
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Hebrews 4:8

“Seeing therefore it remains” (he says) “that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief: again he limits a certain day, saying in David, Today, after so long a time; as it has been said before.” But what is it that he means? “Seeing then” (he means) that “some must” certainly “enter in,” and “they did not enter in.” And that an entrance is proclaimed, and that “some must enter in,” let us hear from what this is clear.…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 6 on Hebrews
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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