Hebrews 4:8

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

"For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day." - Hebrews 4:8
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What does Hebrews 4:8 mean?

The verse Hebrews 4:8 in the King James Version of the Bible reads, "For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day." This verse is part of a passage in the Book of Hebrews that discusses the Sabbath rest that Jesus offers to believers…

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The Rest That Remains: Understanding Our Eternal Sabbath

As we delve deeply into Hebrews 4:8, which states, "For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day," we are invited into an exploration of the rest that God so graciously offers to us through His Son, Jesus Christ. To understand the…

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A Prayer for Divine Rest and Reflection

Heavenly Father, As we approach Your throne of grace this day, I come before You with humility and reverence, acknowledging the depth of Your love and the richness of Your mercy. I lift up my heart in prayer, echoing the profound truth found in Hebrews 4:8, "For if Jesus had…

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Hebrews 4:8 - "For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day."
Hebrews 8:4 - "For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:"
Hebrews 12:8
Hebrews 8:5
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"For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:" - Hebrews 8:4
Hebrews 13:8 - "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever."
Hebrews 3:8 - "Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:"
Hebrews 4:9 - "There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God."
Hebrews 8:12 - "For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more."
Hebrews 8:2 - "A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man."
Hebrews 4:5 - "And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest."
"And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah," - 1 Chronicles 8:4
Hebrews 10:4 - "For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins."
Hebrews 8:7 - "For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second."
Hebrews 6:8 - "But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned."
Hebrews 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."
Hebrews 7:8 - "And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth."
Hebrews 12:4 - "Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin."
Hebrews 4:12 – "For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword."
Hebrews 8:8 - "For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:"
Hebrews 4:12 – "For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword."
Hebrews 13:4 - "Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge."
Hebrews 5:4 - "And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron."
"Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever." - Hebrews 13:8
Hebrews 5:8 - "Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;"
"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." - Hebrews 4:12
Hebrews 3:4 - "For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God."
Hebrews 9:8 - "The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:"