Hebrews 4:8
For if Joshua had given them the true rest, we should not afterwards hear God speaking of another still future day.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.
In Context
9It follows that there still remains a sabbath rest for the people of God.
Cross References
Hebrews 11:13All these died in the possession of faith. They had not received the promised blessings, but had seen them from a distance and had greeted them, and had acknowledged themselves to be foreigners and strangers here on earth;
Matthew Henry on Hebrews 4:2-11
Gospel Privileges; Cautions against Apostasy. ( a. d. 62.) 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. 2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. 3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of… Read the whole commentary →