Luke 23:45
43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
44 And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.
46 And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.
47 Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn down the middle.
- KJV
- And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.
- WEB
- The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in two.
- ASV
- the sun`s light failing: and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.
- DARBY
- And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple rent in the midst.
- BLB
- the sun having darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in the middle.
- ÅB
- og solen ble formørket, og forhenget i templet revnet ned midten.
- OTB
- for solen ble formørket. Og forhenget i tempelet revnet i to.
- B1930
- og solen blev formørket, og forhenget i templet revnet midtefter.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hebrews 10:19–22
Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
Read in contextMatthew 27:51
And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
Read in contextHebrews 9:3–8
And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;
Read in contextMark 15:38
And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.
Read in contextEphesians 2:14–18
For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
Read in contextLeviticus 16:12–16
And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail:
Read in context2 Chronicles 3:14
And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon.
Read in contextHebrews 6:19
Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
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