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Time after Pentecost · Proper 24 · Year B

Hebrews 4:1-13 (14-16)

The Living Word and Our Great High Priest

October 17, 2027

Noon: Rest from Work (after Millet), Vincent van Gogh
Noon: Rest from Work (after Millet), Vincent van Gogh, 1890Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Painted at Saint-Rémy from a black-and-white print of a Millet, with the colour entirely invented: two reapers asleep in the shade of a stack, boots off.A sabbath rest still remains for the people of God: Hebrews is about entering rest, and this is rest in the middle of harvest.Vincent van GoghVan Gogh (1853-1890) trained first for the ministry and preached in a Belgian mining district before taking up painting, which he did seriously for only the last decade of his life.Musée d’Orsay, ParisA Beaux-Arts railway station saved from demolition and reopened in 1986 to hold French art from 1848 to 1914.Musée d’Orsay, Paris
LSB Three-Year Lectionary
GospelMark 10:23-31Mk 10:23-31
EpistleHeb. 4:1-13 (14-16)Heb 4:1-13 (14-16)
Old TestamentEccl. 5:10-20Eccl 5:10-20
PsalterPs. 119:9-16Ps 119:9-16

Overview & Insights

"Indeed, the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword." (Hebrews 4:12)

The passage describes God's word as living and piercing, before whom all are laid bare, then presents Jesus as the sympathetic great high priest who was tested as we are, inviting believers to approach the throne of grace with boldness.

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Commentary

Enduring Word: Hebrews 4Enduring Word: Heb 4 Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse-by-verse evangelical notes on the whole chapter.

Precept Austin: Hebrews 4 ResourcesPrecept Austin: Heb 4 Resources Precept Austin

Study hub gathering many commentators verse by verse on Hebrews 4.

BibleHub: Commentaries on Hebrews 4:1BibleHub: Commentaries on Heb 4:1 BibleHub

Parallel classic commentaries keyed to entering God's rest.

StudyLight: Hebrews 4 CommentariesStudyLight: Heb 4 Commentaries StudyLight

Many complete commentaries on Hebrews 4 gathered on one passage page.

Background & Word Study

BibleProject: Hebrews OverviewBibleProject: Heb Overview BibleProject

Animated overview of the themes and structure of Hebrews.

BibleHub: Hebrews 4 InterlinearBibleHub: Heb 4 Interlinear BibleHub

Greek-English interlinear for word-level study of the chapter.

The Church Fathers

Catena: Hebrews 4Catena: Heb 4 Catena

Patristic comments gathered verse by verse on Hebrews 4.

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