4. E'/pqxe, He said) viz. GOD, who also speaks in ver. 5, 7. — g/Sdo/^Tjj) viz. y]{Aspa$. — xa/ xargVauffsv 6 Qzbg sv ry, x.r.X.) Gen. ii. 2, LXX., Kai xar&Kuvoe rr\ y^'spa ry efSdofAri a<7rb vdvruv roJv spyuv avrov, wv sVo/'/3<yg, He rested, He withdrew Himself, so to speak, to His eternal tranquillity. It is remarkable that Moses has mentioned the end of the former days, but not of the seventh : Heb. from His work. It was one work, comprehending many works. The single term xarsravaiv corresponds to the Heb. niTOE and rQE>, by most suitably connecting the two passages Ps. xcv. and Gen. ii.
5. 'Ev rourw) in this, viz. saying of the psalm. So sv kr&pw, in another, ch. v. 6.
6. 'ETS/ olv, seeing therefore) GOD does not wish that His rest should be empty (not filled with guests) : Luke xiv. 23. — vpoTtpov, first) in the time of Moses. — guayygX/o^gvr^) A rare use of the word applied to the men of old. He is no doubt speaking of the promise of the land of Canaan, but with a view to the Gospel- preacldng of eternal life.
7. IlaX/v, again) Who would have thought that there is a sermon so important and so solemn in the 95th Psalm ? Let us highly value the words of GOD ; comp. ch. x. 8, note. — op'&i, He limits) viz. GOD. — ^tpav, a day) This is deduced from the quotation, ff^^spov, to-day, which is presently brought forward. See how beautifully he lays stress on the word, DV, a day, and single words in the same manner often, ch. ii. 8, 11, 12, vii. 11, 21, viii. 13, x. 9, xii. 5, 27 : the day, viz. that of striving for the heavenly rest : ver. 8. — sv, in) So ch. i. 1. — roaovrov ^povov) so long a time, more than four hundred years from Moses and Joshua to David, who sung this psalm. — %adu$ tfpoejpyrai, as it was before said) The apostle refers his hearers to the whole text, as repeated above from the psalm.
8. 'iTjffoDg) Joshua. — OVK av) There is a similar mode of reason ing, ch. vii. 11, viii. 4, 7, xi. 15. — vzpi aXX^jj w'spas, of another day) By observing which an access would be opened also to another rest.
9. "Apa, therefore) For this reason, because He speaks of another day. — <ra/3/3ar/c;uo£, sabbatism, rest) The word is changed for '/LaTd-Travffiz, rest ; comp. the following verse. In time there are many sabbaths ; but then, there will be a sablatism, the