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Hebrews 3:18

Hebrews 3:18
And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

So we see that they could not enter in,.... To God's rest, the land of Canaan, for they died by the plague before the Lord, and their carcasses fell in the wilderness, before they came to it, Num…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

And to whom sware he - note, Heb 3:11. But to them that believed not - That did not confide in God; Deu 1:32. “Yet in this thing ye did not believe the Lord your God.” In consequence of this want of…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

To whom sware he - God never acts by any kind of caprice; whenever he pours out his judgments, there are the most positive reasons to vindicate his conduct.

Those whose carcasses fell in the…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Hebrews 3:7-19

Here the apostle proceeds in pressing upon them serious counsels and cautions to the close of the chapter; and he recites a passage out of Psa 95:7, etc., where observe,

I. What he counsels them to do…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

to them that believed not Rather, "that disobeyed."