Dictionary: Rest
Synonyms: relax, take a rest, ease up/off, let up, slow down, pause, have/take a break, unbend, repose, laze, idle, loaf, do nothing, take time off, slack off, unwind, recharge one's batteries, be at leisure, take it easy, sit back, sit down, stand down, lounge, luxuriate, loll, slump, flop, put one's feet up, lie down, go to bed, have/take a nap, nap, catnap, doze, have/take a siesta, drowse, sleep, lie, be laid, recline, be, be placed, be positioned, support, prop (up), steady, balance, lean, lay, set, sit, stand, position, place, put, be based on, be grounded in, be founded on, depend on, be dependent on, rely on, hinge on, turn on, hang on, pivot on, be contingent on, revolve around, centre on, relaxation, leisure, ease, inactivity, respite, time off, time out, breathing space, break, interval, interlude, intermission, base, holder, stay, prop, brace, rack, hook, frame, shelf, bracket, trestle, tripod, plinth, pedestal, foundation, bed, foot, substructure, a standstill, a halt, a stop, remainder, residue, remaining part/number/quantity, part/number/quantity (that is) left over, others, those left, remains, remnant, remnants, rump, surplus, difference, extra, excess, superfluity, overflow, overspill, additional people/material/things, extra people/material/things, remain, continue to be, keep, persist in being, carry on being, go on being
Antonyms: work, motion, movement, struggle, rage, go mad, have a fit, see red, hit the roof, toil, be active, labor, effort, agony, activity, do, blow one's stack, blow a gasket, do one's nut, go ape, go wild, lose it, drive, action, move
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Understanding Series
Steven Tuell
... like a city. The temple stands alone on the mountaintop of Ezekiel’s vision. Standing in the gateway is a man whose appearance was like bronze (compare the cherubim in 1:7) . . . with a linen cord and a measuring rod in his hand (v. 3). Through the remainder of the vision, this figure will be Ezekiel’s guide, measuring the temple complex (chs. 40–42) and the river (47:1–12). The role of the angelic guide, found for the first time here in Ezekiel, greatly influenced later writings. It is central to ...
2. The Sin Offering
Leviticus 4:1--5:13
Understanding Series
W. H. Bellinger, Jr.
... enumeration of the parts of the animal (the hide of the bull and all its flesh, as well as the head and legs, the inner parts and offal—that is, all the rest of the bull) reflects a concern that none of the animal be used by humans. The remainder of the bull is consumed, but not as a sacrifice. This place where the ashes from the altar are burned would be a closely regulated place. After each of the rest of the sacrifices in the chapter, the priest will declare that atonement has been made for the person ...
3. Spiritual Gifts
1 Corinthians 12:1-11
Understanding Series
Marion L. Soards
... verb is given (Gk. didotai, from didōmi), expresses the explicitly stated divine origin of the gifts Paul is discussing. This statement anticipates the more overt expression of divine origins and sovereignty in the administration of gifts that comes in v. 11 and in the remainder of the chapter. 12:8–10 In general cf. 1:7, where Paul offered an initial affirmation that the Corinthians were not “lacking in any gift” (Gk. charisma); see Gal. 5:22–23 for Paul’s well-known list of the “fruit of the ...
4. The Grain Offering
Leviticus 2:1-16
Understanding Series
W. H. Bellinger, Jr.
... ’s grace in giving food and so might speak words of praise and thanksgiving to God. The memorial portion could also function to stir God’s memory so that God will remember the divine commitments to the covenant and act graciously toward the worshiper. 2:3 The remainder of the offering is given to the priests as part of their income. As a most holy part of the offerings, it is to be eaten in the temple precincts by ritually clean priests and not by their families or others associated with the temple. In ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... 's a miserable feeling. To know that you are a sinner, and to feel absolutely helpless to do anything about it, that is an awful way to be. A man walked into a restaurant and ordered a glass of milk. He took a sip of the milk, then tossed the remainder into the waiter's face. Before the waiter could recover from the surprise, the man began weeping. "I'm sorry," he said. "I'm really sorry. I keep doing that to waiters. I can't tell you how embarrassing it is to have a compulsion like this." Far from being ...
6. Ash Wednesday
Mt 6:1-6, 16-21 · 2 Cor 5:20b--6:10 · Ps 51:1-17 · Jl 2:1-2, 12-17
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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe
... , and with mourning; rend your hearts and not your clothing." At the end of the divine oracle, the prophet takes center stage for the remainder of the text. Note how all pronominal references to God are now in the third person (he, v. 13) in referring to the Lord ... v. 12). There are three stages in the prophet's speech: first, the prophet reiterates the divine call to repentance in the remainder of v. 13; second, the prophet holds out hope in v. 14 that God might repent about destroying Israel; and, third, the ...
7. Easter 7
Jn 17:1-11 · 1 Pet 4:12-14; 5:6-11 · Ps 68 · Acts 1:6-14
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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe
... of God and calls the worshipers to celebrate God's power in joy. Verses 4-14 assemble a series of images related to God's providential activity and his accomplishments in the Exodus. Verses 15-16 are a haughty celebration of God's choice of Zion. The remainder of the psalm comprises sections that treat God's kingship and his relation to Israel and the nations. The sentences of this psalm appear random or disconnected, at times. In vv. 4-10 commentators often suggest that v. 4, vv. 5-6, and vv. 7-10 are ...
8. Epiphany 5
Psalm 112:1-10, Isaiah 58:1-14, 1 Corinthians 2:6-16, Matthew 5:13-16, Matthew 5:17-20
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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe
... own ministry (vv. 1-5). In turn, Paul comments on his work and the failure of "the rulers of this age" to comprehend God's ways (vv. 6-9); and then he meditates on God's self-revelation through the Spirit (vv. 9-11). The remainder of I Corinthians 2 applies Paul's teaching to the Christian community (vv. 12-13), and then, Paul becomes more universal in this orientation when reflecting on "the unspiritual one" versus "the spiritual one" (vv. 14-16). Significance. Paul's exposition of his apostolic message ...
9. Lent 2
Psalm 121:1-8, Genesis 12:1-8, Romans 4:1-25, John 3:1-21
Sermon Aid
Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe
... 12:1-4a - "The Working Out of God's Blessing" Setting. Genesis 12:1-4a is a transitional text in the book of Genesis. It provides a hinge between the universal history in Genesis 1-11 and the more focused history of the Israelite ancestors in the remainder of the book. A brief overview of the thematic movement in Genesis 1-11 will provide important background for interpreting the central motifs in Genesis 12:1-4a . In many ways Genesis 1-11 is an extended story about the victory of sin and death over life ...
10. Lent 4
Jn 9:1-41 · Eph 5:8-14 · Ps 23 · 1 Sam 16:1-13
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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe
... finds this writing to be quite different from the other letters attributed to Paul in the New Testament. There is a salutation in 1:1-2 and a lofty doxological statement in 1:3-14 where one would expect a thanksgiving-prayer report. The remainder of chapter 1 and chapters 2 and 3 present sublime theological reflections. Then in chapters 4-6, one finds fairly mundane directions for everyday Christian life laced with theological metaphors. The passage for this week from Ephesians 5 is an excellent example of ...
11. Lent 5
John 11:1-45 · Romans 8:6-11 · Ezekiel 37:1-14 · Psalm 130
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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe
... . Thus there is a desperate quality to the opening petitions. Structure. Psalm 130 separates into four parts. Verses 1-3 move quickly through a cry for help (vv. 1-2), a confession of sin (v. 2), and the realization of grace in God (v. 3). The remainder of the psalm moves out of the insight of v. 3 and begins to explore hope both for the psalmist and for the community of faith because God is gracious (vv. 4-8). Significance. Psalm 130 is an excellent counterpart to Ezekiel 37, because it provides language ...
12. Proper 14
Genesis 37:1-11, Matthew 14:22-36, Romans 9:30--10:21, Psalm 105:1-45
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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe
... 6 with the frequent commands for the worshiper to give thanks, to call, to make known, to sing, to tell, to give glory, to rejoice, to seek, and to remember. The final command provides the framework for the remainder of the psalm: Remember that the Lord is a God of covenant (vv. 7-11). The remainder of the psalm provides illustration and thus definition of what it means that the Lord is a God of covenant. As commentary on the Joseph story, and particularly the lesson for this Sunday, covenant means that God ...
13. Proper 22
Exodus 20:1-21, Matthew 21:33-46, Philippians 3:1-11, Psalm 19:1-14
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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe
... journey, and instead, they sit at the base of the mountain to receive revelation through laws that are meant to direct their worship and their communal life. When the story of Israel's journey to Canaan is resumed in Numbers 10, it only lasts for the remainder of this book, because the wilderness journey gives way again in the Book of Deuteronomy to the recounting of the gift of law, but this time the mountain is named Horeb instead of Sinai. This quick overview underscores how central law is in the larger ...
Understanding Series
Donald A. Hagner
... the Son has strong OT messianic overtones, as is evident immediately in verse 5, which quotes Psalm 2:7, “You are my Son; today I have become your Father,” and 2 Samuel 7:14, “I will be his father, and he will be my son.” Indeed, the remainder of the chapter, with its numerous OT quotations, points to the unique identity of the Son as the Promised One, the Messiah designated by God to bring about the fulfillment of God’s great plan and purpose. The true nature of the Son is then expounded in seven ...
15. Trials and Temptations
James 1:1-18, James 1:19-27
Understanding Series
Peter H. Davids
... of malice.” The key to this latter translation is that the perisseu stem is often used in the Old Testament to translate the Hebrew ytr root, which means either abundance or remainder. God has implanted the word. Some have argued that this means “innate” or “inborn,” as it often does in Hellenistic literature. However, not only early Christian teaching (Barnabas 1:2; 9:9) but also the biblical tradition thinks of God’s word, or the gospel, as implanted by God in ...
Understanding Series
Elizabeth Huwiler
... Closing the introductory section is a poem that incorporates many of the themes and much of the vocabulary to be developed in the remainder of the work (1:3–11). Because this section functions as an introduction to the book as a whole, it is not surprising ... work to Solomon. The hint of Solomon as speaker anticipates the persona adopted in 1:12–2:26. This persona is not carried through the remainder of the book, where the narrative voice speaks about kings but not as a king (see, e.g., 8:2–4). 1:2 This ...
Understanding Series
J. Ramsey Michaels
... through him ; the world did not know him . The Gospel writer is not here recounting a myth or an allegory, in which abstract ideas take on a life of their own, but genuine history, telescoped into a sentence or two but waiting to be developed and expanded in the remainder of the Gospel. Jesus came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him (v. 11). In the immediate sense his own country was Israel and his own people the Jews. Israel and Judaism were the stage on which the drama of his public ...
18. God’s Love and Ours
1 John 4:7-21, 1 John 5:1-12
Understanding Series
Thomas F. Johnson
... when water and blood came from his wounded side (John 19:34). While we cannot know fully what was in the author’s mind, the clues contained in the rest of v. 6 and in the Fourth Gospel incline toward some form of solution (b). Clearly, in the remainder of v. 6, the Elder is arguing against his opponents, who could affirm that the Son of God, the Christ, came by water only. They denied that the divine Son of God, the Christ, came by blood as well. While water can refer to birth (one possible interpretation ...
19. Egypt
Ezekiel 29:1-21, Ezekiel 30:1-26, Ezekiel 31:1-18, Ezekiel 32:1-32
Understanding Series
Steven Tuell
... grow” occurs, the horn refers to a king in David’s line: “Here I will make a horn grow for David and set up a lamp for my anointed one” (Ps. 132:17; compare Dan. 7:24 and Rev. 17:9–11, where horns represent kings). But the remainder of the verse suggests another reference: “I will open your mouth among them. Then they will know that I am the LORD.” In 24:27, the Lord promises to open Ezekiel’s mouth—that is, to remove the prophet’s inability to intercede for Israel (see the discussion ...
20. Epilogue to the Law of the Temple: River, Land, City
Ezekiel 47:1-12, Ezekiel 47:13-23, Ezekiel 48:1-29, Ezekiel 48:30-35
Understanding Series
Steven Tuell
... cubits wide and running the breadth of the land is set aside as “the portion you are to present as a special gift” (Heb. terumah, v. 8). A square in its center, 25,000 cubits to a side, is apportioned to the temple and the city, and the remainder of this portion belongs to the prince alone (v. 21). The square at the center of the land is divided into three strips. “The special portion you are to offer to the LORD” (v. 9) is the northernmost strip, 10,000 cubits wide. This strip contains the property ...
21. Daniel's Prayer
Daniel 9:1-19
Teach the Text
Ronald W. Pierce
... people’s sin, they may seek God’s mercy for his name’s sake. Understanding the Text See the unit on 9:1–6 for a discussion of the larger context, structure, and comparisons of this chapter. Against this backdrop, 9:7–19 divides into two parts: the remainder of Daniel’s prayer regarding God’s righteousness and Israel’s sin (9:7–14) and a plea for God’s mercy based on his covenant name (9:15–19). In this section, Daniel adds five more charges against Israel to the six mentioned in 9:5 ...
One Volume
Gary M. Burge
... speech in 7:12–22, which focuses on Yahweh’s acceptance of and vision for the temple (7:12–16) and dynasty (7:17–22). In his section on the temple (7:12–16), Yahweh articulates an agenda for renewal that sets the tone for the remainder of the presentation of the books of Chronicles. Yahweh warns that he will bring natural disaster (drought, locusts, plague) on the people if they are disobedient (7:13), but reveals that these are intended as discipline to turn the people back to himself (7:14 ...
Understanding Series
Robert H. Mounce
... from the early church rather than from Jesus himself are hard pressed to explain why there is no mention at this point of the burning of the temple. A vaticinium ex eventu (prophecy after the event) would not have omitted such a specific item. The remainder of chapter 24 is notably difficult. The essential problem is that Matthew seems to move back and forth between an impending crisis (the fall of Jerusalem) and the end of the age, when Jesus would return in judgment. If Jesus held that these two events ...
Understanding Series
James R. Edwards
... s fatherhood, in other words, depended not on him but on God. The plural, nations, is equally instructive. Abraham’s heirs were to be all peoples who walk by faith, “the world,” according to verse 13, which includes—but is not limited to—the Jewish people. The remainder of the verse describes the kind of God in whom Abraham believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls things that are not as though they were. In the sight of God is a bit cumbersome in Greek due to the expression katenanti ...
25. Thanksgiving
1 Corinthians 1:1-9
Understanding Series
Marion L. Soards
... kind. Among the Corinthians the real gifts of speech and knowledge are at the heart of their problematic thoughts and actions. At once Paul names the genuine strengths and weaknesses of the Corinthian church. The members experience the endowments of grace, but as the remainder of the letter reveals, their concern with and use of these gifts is completely out of hand. 1:4 Paul reports his giving thanks to God at the outset of this section. He reiterates such thanksgiving later in the letter at 14:18. Paul ...
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