'Rest' in the Bible

And after hearing the king, they went on their way; and the star which they saw in the east went before them, till it came to rest over the place where the young child was.

At this, he permitted him to be baptized. When Jesus had been baptized, he immediately came up out of the water. Suddenly, the heavens opened up for him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him.

Jesus told him, "Foxes have holes and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to rest."

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

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.

And on His name shall the nations rest their hopes."

When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.

which less, indeed, is than all the seeds, but when it may be grown, is greatest of the herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the heaven do come and rest in its branches.'

They say to him, Because no man has given us work. He says to them, Go in with the rest, into the vine-garden.

Then those who came first had the idea that they would get more; and they, like the rest, were given a penny.

The rest grabbed the king's servants, treated them brutally, and then killed them.

The same thing happened with the second brother, and then the third, and finally with the rest of the brothers.

“Later the rest of the virgins also came and said, ‘Master, master, open up for us!’

Then cometh he to his 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 into the hands of sinners.

The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.

The tombs were also opened and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised.

"Do you all miss the meaning of this parable?" He added; "how then will you understand the rest of my parables?"

and whenever it may be sown, it cometh up, and doth become greater than any of the herbs, and doth make great branches, so that under its shade the fowls of the heaven are able to rest.'

And He got up and [sternly] rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Hush, be still (muzzled)!” And the wind died down [as if it had grown weary] and there was [at once] a great calm [a perfect peacefulness].

And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.

Then He got into the boat with them, and the wind ceased [as if exhausted by its own activity]; and they were completely overwhelmed,

Six days later, Jesus took with Him Peter, James, and John, and brought them alone, apart from the rest, up a high mountain; and in their presence His appearance underwent a change.

And so did the rest of the seven, all dying childless. Finally the woman also died.

And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

And they went and reported it to the rest, who did not believe them either.

And the angel in answer said to her, The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will come to rest on you, and so that which will come to birth will be named holy, Son of God.

And she had her first son; and folding him in linen, she put him to rest in the place where the cattle had their food, because there was no room for them in the house.

added this also to all the rest, that he shut up John in prison.

So He said, “The secrets of the kingdom of God have been given for you to know, but to the rest it is in parables, so thatLooking they may not see,and hearing they may not understand.

"Who is it touched me?" Jesus asked. And when all denied having done so, Peter and the rest said, "Rabbi, the crowds are hemming you in and pressing on you."

As the day was drawing to a close, the Twelve came to him and said, "Send the crowd away to the neighboring villages and farms so they can rest and get some food, because we are here in a deserted place."

Jesus told him, "Foxes have holes and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to rest."

And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again.

When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out.

And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have a great amount of goods in store, enough for a number of years; be at rest, take food and wine and be happy.

If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?

Or those eighteen on whom the tower at Siloam fell, do you suppose they had failed in their duty more than all the rest of the people who live in Jerusalem?

Even as he was saying this, all of his opponents were blushing with shame. But the rest of the crowd was rejoicing at all the wonderful things he was doing.

It is like to a grain of mustard, which a man having taken, did cast into his garden, and it increased, and came to a great tree, and the fowls of the heavens did rest in its branches.'

And he spake also unto certain who have been trusting in themselves that they were righteous, and have been despising the rest, this simile:

the Pharisee having stood by himself, thus prayed: God, I thank Thee that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unrighteous, adulterers, or even as this tax-gatherer;

And every day he was teaching in the Temple and every night he went out to the mountain which is named the Mountain of Olives to take his rest.

And the women who had come with him from Galilee went after him and saw the place and how his body had been put to rest;

And they went back and got ready spices and perfumes; and on the Sabbath they took their rest, in agreement with the law.

And returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest.

The women were Mary of Magdala, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James; and they and the rest of the women related all this to the Apostles.

So they rose and without an hour's delay returned to Jerusalem, and found the Eleven and the rest met together, who said to them,

And remember that I am about to send out my Father's promised gift to rest upon you. But, as for you, wait patiently in the city until you are clothed with power from on high."

Whoever believes and has decided to trust in Him [as personal Savior and Lord] is not judged [for this one, there is no judgment, no rejection, no condemnation]; but the one who does not believe [and has decided to reject Him as personal Savior and Lord] is judged already [that one has been convicted and sentenced], because he has not believed and trusted in the name of the [One and] only begotten Son of God [the One who is truly unique, the only One of His kind, the One who alone can save him].

and Jacob’s well was there. So Jesus, tired as He was from His journey, sat down by the well. It was then about the sixth hour (noon).

He said this, and after that said, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going there to wake him.”

Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.

Then they took the body of Jesus, folding linen about it with the spices, as is the way of the Jews when they put the dead to rest.

So the rest of the disciples told him, "We have seen the Master!" His reply was, "Unless I see in his hands the wound made by the nails and put my finger into the wound, and put my hand into his side, I will never believe it."

But the rest of the disciples came in the small boat (for they were not far from land--only about a hundred yards off)

And tongues spreading out like a fire appeared to them and came to rest on each one of them.

Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:

Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?

with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and the rest of the high priest's family.

And kept back part of the price, his wife having knowledge of it, and took the rest and put it at the feet of the Apostles.

And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them.

And they were taken over to Shechem, and put to rest in the place which Abraham got for a price in silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?

And going down on his knees, he said in a loud voice, Lord, do not make them responsible for this sin. And when he had said this, he went to his rest.

Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.

so that the rest of the people may search for the Lord, including all the gentiles who are called by my name,' declares the Lord. "He is the one who has been doing these things

She followed after Paul and us and kept screaming and shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God! They are proclaiming to you the way of salvation!”

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the rest of the prisoners were listening to them.

and having taking security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.

But we went on ahead to the ship and set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul on board there; for that was what he had arranged, intending himself to go [a shorter route] by land.

But when Paul saw that half of them were Sadducees and the rest Pharisees, he said in the Sanhedrin, Brothers, I am a Pharisee, and the son of Pharisees: I am here to be judged on the question of the hope of the coming back from the dead.

And on the day after, we came to Sidon; and Julius was kind to Paul, and let him go to see his friends and take a rest.

And the rest, some on boards, and some on broken pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land.

After this, the rest of those on the island who had diseases also came and were cured.

Now I want you to know, brothers, that I often planned to come to you (but was prevented until now) in order that I might have a fruitful ministry among you, just as among the rest of the Gentiles.

Now if you call yourself a Jew, and rest in the law, boast in God,

Does this blessedness then rest on the circumcision, or also on the uncircumcision? For we say that faith has been reckoned to Abraham as righteousness.

For we know that all the rest of creation has been groaning with the pains of childbirth up to the present time.

What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded

For, if by their putting away, the rest of men have been made friends with God, what will their coming back again be, but life from the dead?

so that I may come to you in joy by the will of God and find refreshing rest in your company.

Yes, I baptised also the house of Stephanas; for the rest I know not if I have baptised any other.

so that your faith would not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God.

Let no one deceive himself. If any man imagines that he is wise, compared with the rest of you, with the wisdom of the present age, let him become "foolish" so that he may be wise.

and as to the rest, it is required in the stewards that one may be found faithful,

But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.

But this I say, brethren, the time is straitened. For the rest, that they who have wives, be as not having any:

Do we not have a right to take along a believing wife, even as the rest of the apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas?

Or I only and Barnabas, have we no right to take a rest from work?

And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come.

For this reason tongues are for a sign, not to those who have faith, but to those who have not: but the prophet's word is for those who have faith, and not for the rest who have not.

Let two or three prophets speak [as inspired by the Holy Spirit], while the rest pay attention and weigh carefully what is said.

But what I am I am by the grace of God, and His grace bestowed upon me did not prove ineffectual. But I labored more strenuously than all the rest--yet it was not I, but God's grace working with me.

If in this present life we have a *hope* resting on Christ, and nothing more, we are more to be pitied than all the rest of the world.

And what thou sowest, thou sowest not the body that shall be, but a bare grain: it may be of wheat, or some one of the rest:

I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia.

For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.

This is what comforted us. In addition to our own comfort, we were even more delighted at the joy of Titus, because his spirit had been set at rest by all of you.

And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

for what is there in which ye were inferior to the rest of the assemblies, except that I myself was not a burden to you? forgive me this injustice!