Mark 15:38

And the curtain of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.

In Context

37And having given out a great voice, Jesus expired.

39And when the centurion, who stood from opposite him, saw that he expired, having cried out this way, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.

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Cross References

Exodus 40:20And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy-seat above upon the ark.

2 Chronicles 3:8And he made the most holy house; the length of it, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and the breadth of it twenty cubits. And he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.

Luke 23:45And the sun was darkened, and the curtain of the temple was torn in the middle.

Hebrews 6:19Which we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and that enters into the interior of the veil,

Hebrews 10:19Having therefore, brothers, boldness for entrance into the holy things by the blood of Jesus,

Matthew Henry on Mark 15:34-42

The Crucifixion. 33 And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. 34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? 35 And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elias. 36 And one ran and filled a sponge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come… Read the whole commentary →

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