Heb 4:3-4 | RWP | e4.org | Do enter ( εισερχομεθα ). Emphatic futuristic present middle indicative of εισερχομα . We are sure to enter in, we who believe. He hath said ( ειρηκεν ). Perfect active indicative for the permanent value of God's word as in ; ; , ; ; . God has spoken. That is enough for us. So he quotes again what he has in verse from . Although the works were finished ( καιτο των εργων γενηθεντων ). Genitive absolute with concessive use of the participle. Old particle, in N.T. only here and (with verb). From the foundation of the world ( απο καταβολης κοσμου ). Καταβολη , late word from καταβαλλω , usually laying the foundation of a house in the literal sense. In the N.T. usually with απο ( ) or προ ( ) about the foundation of the world.

‏ Hebrews 4:3-4

Do enter ( εισερχομεθα ). Emphatic futuristic present middle indicative of εισερχομα. We are sure to enter in, we who believe.

He hath said ( ειρηκεν ). Perfect active indicative for the permanent value of God's word as in 1:13; 4:4; 10:9, 13; 13:5; Ac 13:34. God has spoken. That is enough for us. So he quotes again what he has in verse 11 from Ps 95.

Although the works were finished ( καιτο των εργων γενηθεντων ). Genitive absolute with concessive use of the participle. Old particle, in N.T. only here and Ac 14:17 (with verb).

From the foundation of the world ( απο καταβολης κοσμου ). Καταβολη, late word from καταβαλλω, usually laying the foundation of a house in the literal sense. In the N.T. usually with απο (Mt 25:44) or προ (Joh 17:24) about the foundation of the world.

Somewhere on this wise ( που ουτως ). See 2:6 for που τις for a like indefinite allusion to an Old Testament quotation. Here it is Ge 2:2 (cf. Ex 20:11; 31:17). Moffatt notes that Philo quotes Ge 2:2 with the same "literary mannerism."

Rested ( κατεπαυσεν ). First aorist active indicative of καταπαυω, intransitive here, but transitive in verse 8. It is not, of course, absolute rest from all creative activity as Jesus shows in Joh 5:17. But the seventh day of God's rest was still going on (clearly not a twenty-four hour day).