The need for physical rest is recognised in Scripture, and provision is made for ensuring that people are allowed time for rest.
Jesus Christ needed physical rest
See also
The provision of rest
The need for rest
Provision of sleep for rest
Provision of a Sabbath-rest
pp Dt 5:12-15
The purpose of rest
To renew strength
To know peace
The character of rest
The absence of war
The absence of social strife
The absence of fear
pp Mt 8:24-25
pp Lk 8:23-24
pp Lk 12:29
The absence of anxiety
The presence of God
The experience of security
The experience of peace in death
The destruction of rest
By business
By conflict
By grief
By unconfessed guilt
By sickness
