Hebrews 4:10

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

For the person who has entered into a state of rest with God has rested from his own work also, just as God rested from His.

Cross References

John 19:30

After drinking some of the sour wine, Jesus said, “It is completed,” [i.e., His work of dying for the sins of mankind] and gave up His spirit [i.e., to God. See Luke 23:46].

Hebrews 1:3

This Son expresses the radiance of God’s splendor and represents His very Being, and He sustains everything by His powerful word. After He had provided cleansing for [people’s] sins, He sat down at the right side of the Majesty [i.e., God] on high [i.e., in heaven].

Hebrews 10:12

But when this Priest [i.e., Christ] had offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, He sat down at the right side of God.

Hebrews 4:9

[So] then, a Sabbath “rest day” [still] remains for God’s people [i.e., for Christians, in heaven].

Revelation 14:13

Then I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write [this]: Those who are [now] dead, who died in [fellowship with] the Lord, are blessed from now on. Yes, says the Holy Spirit, they will rest from their work, for [the record of] their deeds will follow them [i.e., into the next life].”

Revelation 6:11

And a white robe was given to each one of them, and they were told to rest a little while longer, until the [full] number of their fellow servants and their brothers would be killed like they were.