What an incredibly revealing study this is! With all the religious adherence to the “Sabbath Day” in the apostate church, this comes as a refreshing and liberating glimpse into the heart of God who sent His Son to free us from self.
May you be blessed as you read what the Lord tells us about His “sabbath” rest – the true sabbath. This study includes all verses in which we find the word “rest”. For the most part, they apply to our relationship of trust in Jesus.
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Hebrew #7676
shabbâth (shab-bawth') Intensive from H7673
Definition: “intermission, that is, (specifically) the Sabbath”
Translated: “(+ every) Sabbath”
Greek #372
anapausis (an-ap'-ow-sis) From G373
Definition: “intermission; by implication recreation”
Translated: “rest”
Greek #373
anapauō (an-ap-ow'-o) From G303 and G3973
Definition: “(reflexively) to repose (literally or figuratively (be exempt), remain); by implication to refresh”
Translated: “take ease, refresh, (give, take) rest”
Greek #2663
katapausis (kat-ap'-ow-sis) From G2664
Definition: “reposing down, that is, (by Hebraism) abode”
Translated: “rest”
Greek #2664
katapauō (kat-ap-ow'-o) From G2596 and G3973
Definition: “to settle down, that is, (literally) to colonize, or (figuratively) to (cause to) desist”
Translated: “cease, (give) rest (-rain)”
Greek #4520
sabbatismos (sab-bat-is-mos') From a derivative of G4521
Definition: “a ‘sabbatism’, that is, (figuratively) the repose of Christianity (as a type of heaven)”
Translated: “rest”
Greek #4521
sabbaton (sab'-bat-on) Of Hebrew origin [H7676]
Definition: “the Sabbath (that is, Shabbath), or day of weekly repose from secular avocations (also the observance or institution itself); by extension a se'nnight, that is, the interval between two Sabbaths; likewise the plural in all the above applications.”
Translated: “sabbath (day), week”
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Hebrew #7676
shabbâth (shab-bawth') Intensive from H7673
Definition: “intermission, that is, (specifically) the Sabbath”
Translated: “(+ every) Sabbath”
Here are some examples of the use of “sabbath” in the Old Testament, as found in the revised KJV.
Exodus 16:29: “See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.”
Exodus 20:8: “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.”
Exodus 31:15: “Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death”
Leviticus 25:4: “But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.”
Isaiah 66:23: “And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD."
Hosea 2:11: “I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.”
Greek #372
anapausis (an-ap'-ow-sis) From G373
Definition: “intermission; by implication recreation”
Translated: “rest”
- “rest”
Matthew 11:29: “Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me: for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.”
Matthew 12:43: “But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, he passeth through waterless places, seeking rest, and findeth it not.”
Luke 11:24: “The unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passeth through waterless places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will turn back unto my house whence I came out.”
Revelation 4:8: “And the four living creatures having each one of them six wings, are full of eyes round about and within: and they have no rest day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God the Almighty, which was, and which is, and which is to come.”
Revelation 14:11: “And the smoke of their torment goeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day and night, they that worship the beast and his image, and whoso receiveth the mark of his name.”
Greek #373
anapauō (an-ap-ow'-o) From G303 and G3973
Definition: “(reflexively) to repose (literally or figuratively (be exempt), remain); by implication to refresh”
Translated: “take ease, refresh, (give, take) rest”
- In all references for this Greek word, they are the same in both revised KJV and the older 1611 version, although the remainder of the wording differs in most.
- “take ease”
Luke 12:19: “And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.”
- “refresh”
Philemon 1: (19&)20: “I Paul write it with mine own hand, I will repay it: that I say not unto thee how that thou owest to me even thine own self besides. Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my heart in Christ.”
- “refreshed”
1 Corinthians 16:18: “For they refreshed my spirit and yours: acknowledge ye therefore them that are such.”
2 Corinthians 7:13: “Therefore we have been comforted: and in our comfort we joyed the more exceedingly for the joy of Titus, because his spirit hath been refreshed by you all.”
Philemon 1:7: “For I had much joy and comfort in thy love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through thee, brother.”
- “rest”
Matthew 11:28: “Come unto me, all ye that labour [Greek: ‘are fatigued’] and are heavy laden [Greek: ‘overburdened with spiritual anxiety’], and I will give you rest.”
Matthew 26:45: “Then cometh he to the disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed unto the hands of sinners.”
Mark
Mark
Revelation 6:11: “And there was given them to each on a white robe; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little time, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, which should be killed even as they were, should be fulfilled.”
Revelation 14:13: “And I heard a voice from heaven saying, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; for their works follow with them.”
- “resteth”
1 Peter 4:14: “If ye are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are ye; because the Spirit of glory and the Spirit of God resteth upon you.”
Greek #2663
katapausis (kat-ap'-ow-sis) From G2664
Definition: “reposing down, that is, (by Hebraism) abode”
Translated: “rest”
- “rest”
Acts
Hebrews 3:11, 18(&19): “As I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest....And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that were disobedient. And we see that they were not able to enter in because of unbelief.”
Hebrews 4:1, 3, 5, 10-11: “Let us fear therefore, lest haply a promise being left of entering into his rest, any one of you should seem to have come short of it. ...For we which have believed do enter into that rest, even as he hath said, As I sware in my wrath, they shall not enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. ...And in this place again, they shall not enter into my rest. ...For he that is entered into his rest hath himself also rested from his works, as God did from his. Let us therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, that no man fall after the same example of disobedience [Greek: ‘disbelief (obstinate and rebellious)’].”
Greek #2664
katapauō (kat-ap-ow'-o) From G2596 and G3973
Definition: “to settle down, that is, (literally) to colonize, or (figuratively) to (cause to) desist”
Translated: “cease, (give) rest (-rain)”
- The word “ceased” was used in the revised KJV. See below for its use in the 1611 version.
Hebrews 4:10: “For he that is entered into his rest hath himself rested from his works, as God did from his.”
- The word “rest” was used in the revised KJV, varying a little from this first verse, as used in the 1611 version.
Hebrews 4:4, 8: “For he hath said somewhere of the seventh day on this wise, And God rested on the seventh day from all his works. ...For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterward of another day.”
- “restrained”
Acts
Greek #4520
sabbatismos (sab-bat-is-mos') From a derivative of G4521
Definition: “a ‘sabbatism’, that is, (figuratively) the repose of Christianity (as a type of heaven)”
Translated: “rest”
- This “rest” can be found once in both revised KJV and the older 1611 version.
Hebrews 4:9: “There remaineth therefore a sabbath rest for the people of God.”
Greek #4521
sabbaton (sab'-bat-on) Of Hebrew origin [H7676]
Definition: “the Sabbath (that is, Shabbath), or day of weekly repose from secular avocations (also the observance or institution itself); by extension a se'nnight, that is, the interval between two Sabbaths; likewise the plural in all the above applications.”
Translated: “sabbath (day), week”
Matthew 12:1-2, 5(&6-7), 8, 10-12: “At that season Jesus went on the sabbath day through the cornfields; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck ears of corn, and to eat. But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do at which it is not lawful to do upon the sabbath. ...Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath day the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are guiltless [Greek: ‘innocent’]? But I say unto you, That one greater than the temple is here. But if ye had known what this meaneth, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless [Greek: ‘innocent’]. For the Son of man is Lord of the sabbath. ...And, behold, a man having a withered hand. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? That they might accuse him. And he said unto them, What man shall there be of you, that shall have one sheep, and if this fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out? How much then is a man of more value than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do good on the sabbath day.”
Matthew 24:20: “And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on a sabbath:”
Matthew 28:1: “Now late on the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.”
Mark
Mark
Mark 3:2(&3&)4: “And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him. And he saith unto the man that had his hand withered, Stand forth. And he saith unto them, Is it lawful on the sabbath day to do good, or to do harm? to save a life, or to kill? But they held their peace.”
Mark 6:2: “And when the sabbath was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, whence hath this man these things? And what is the wisdom that is given unto this man, and what means such might works wrought by his hands?”
Mark 16:1: “And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, that they might come and anoint him.”
Luke 4:16, 31: “And he came to
Luke 6:1-2, 5-7: “Now it came to pass on a sabbath, that he was going through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands. But certain of the Pharisees said, Why do ye that which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath day? ...And he said unto them, The Son of man is Lord of the sabbath. And it came to pass on another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught: and there was a man there, and his right hand was withered. And the scribes and the Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath; that they might find how to accuse him.”
Luke 13:10, 14-16: “And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath day. ...And the ruler of the synagogue being moved with indignation, because Jesus had healed on the sabbath, answered and said to the multitude, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not one the day of the sabbath. But the Lord answered him, and said, Ye hypocrites, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering? And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had bound, lo, these eighteen years, to have been loosed from this bond on the day of the sabbath?”
Luke 14:1, 3, 5: “And it came to pass, when he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching him. ...And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers [Greek: ‘experts in Mosaic law’] and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath or not? ...And he said unto them, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a well, and will not straightway draw him up on a sabbath day?”
Luke 23:54, 56: “And it was the day of the Preparation, and the sabbath drew on. ...And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and on the sabbath they rested according to the commandment.”
John 5:9-10, 16, 18: “And straightway the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked. Now it was the sabbath on that day. So the Jews said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath: and it is not lawful for thee to take up thy bed. ...And for this cause did the Jews persecute Jesus, because he did these things on the sabbath day. ...Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only broke the sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.”
John 7:22-23: “For this cause hath Moses given you circumcision; (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and on the sabbath ye circumcise a man. If a man receiveth circumcision on the sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken; are ye wroth with me, because I made a man every whit whole on the sabbath?”
John 9:14, 16: “Now it was the sabbath on the day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes. ...Some therefore of the Pharisees, said, This man is not from God, because he keepeth not the sabbath. But others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such signs? And there was a division among them.” (Notice how the Pharisees revealed by their words the definition of “sinner”? It is one who does not obey the Law. Or, as the articles on the Gospel have shown, “sin is the transgression of the Law.”)
John 19:31: “The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain on the cross upon the sabbath, (for the day of that sabbath was a high day,) asked of Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.”
Acts
Acts
Acts
Acts
Acts 17:2(&3): “And Paul, as his custom was, went in unto them, and for three sabbath days reasoned with them from the scriptures, opening and alleging, that it behoved the Christ to suffer, to rise again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom said he, I proclaim unto you, is the Christ.”
Acts 18:4: “And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks.”
Colossians 2:16(&17): “Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a feast day, or a new moon, or a sabbath day: which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ’s.”
- The word “week” was used in both revised KJV and 1611 version.
Mark 16:2, 9: “And very early on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun was risen. ...Now when He was risen early on the first day of the week, he appeared to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven devils.”
Luke 18:12: “I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I get.”
John 20:1, 19: “Now the first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, while it was yet dark, unto the tomb, and seeth the stone taken away from the tomb. ...When therefore it was evening, on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were shut where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.”
Acts 20:7: “And upon the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul discoursed with them, intending to depart on the morrow; and prolonged his speech until
1 Corinthians 16:2: “Upon the first day of the week let each one of you lay by him in store, as he may prosper, that no collections be made when I come.”
