Heb 4:4 | RWP | e4.org | Somewhere on this wise ( που ουτως ). See for που τις for a like indefinite allusion to an Old Testament quotation. Here it is (cf. ; ). Moffatt notes that Philo quotes with the same "literary mannerism." Rested ( κατεπαυσεν ). First aorist active indicative of καταπαυω , intransitive here, but transitive in verse . It is not, of course, absolute rest from all creative activity as Jesus shows in . But the seventh day of God's rest was still going on (clearly not a twenty-four hour day).

‏ Hebrews 4:4

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).