Why Is It Significant That The Veil Was Torn in Two?
Britt Mooney
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It was now about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour,
45
while the sun's light failed; and the curtain of the temple was torn in two.
46
Then Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, "Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit!" And having said this he breathed his last.
47
Now when the centurion saw what had taken place, he praised God, and said, "Certainly this man was innocent!"
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And all the multitudes who assembled to see the sight, when they saw what had taken place, returned home beating their breasts.
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And all his acquaintances and the women who had followed him from Galilee stood at a distance and saw these things.
Luke 23:44-49 Study Resources
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Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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