Mark 15:38

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

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

37And Jesus having cried out with a loud voice, gave up the ghost.

39And the centurion who stood over against him, seeing that crying out in this manner he had given up the ghost, said: Indeed this man was the son of God.

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Cross References

Exodus 40:20And he set the table in the tabernacle of the testimony at the north side without the veil,

2 Chronicles 3:8He made also the house of the holy of holies: the length of it according to the breadth of the temple, twenty cubits, and the breadth of it in like manner twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with plates of gold, amounting to about six hundred talents.

Luke 23:45And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.

Hebrews 6:19Which we have as an anchor of the soul, sure and firm, and which entereth in even within the veil;

Hebrews 10:19Having therefore, brethren, a confidence in the entering into the holies by the blood of Christ;

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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