Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
it remaineth--still to be realized.
some must enter--The denial of entrance to unbelievers is a virtual promise of entrance to those that believe. God wishes not His rest to be empty, but furnished with guests (Luke 14:23).
they to whom it was first preached entered not--literally, "they who first (in the time of Moses) had the Gospel preached to them," namely, in type, see on Hebrews 4:2.
unbelief--Greek, rather "disobedience" (see on Hebrews 3:18).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Hebrews 4:3
Hebrews 4:9
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