Matthew 27:51

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Summary

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;

The veil

General references

Bible References

The veil

“You are to make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen with a design of cherubim worked into it.

He brought the ark into the tabernacle, put up the veil for the screen, and screened off the ark of the testimony, just as the Lord had commanded him.

The Lord said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron that he may not come whenever he wants into the holy place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.

But because he has a defect, he must not go near the curtain or approach the altar. He is not to desecrate My sanctuaries, for I am Yahweh who sets them apart.”

He made the veil of blue, purple, and crimson yarn and fine linen, and he wove cherubim into it.

On this mountain
He will destroy the burial shroud,
the shroud over all the peoples,
the sheet covering all the nations;

Then the curtain of the sanctuary was split in two from top to bottom.

because the sun’s light failed. The curtain of the sanctuary was split down the middle.

But now in Christ Jesus, you who were far away have been brought near by the blood of the Messiah.

We have this hope as an anchor for our lives, safe and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain.

Therefore, brothers, since we have boldness to enter the sanctuary through the blood of Jesus,

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Be horrified at this, heavens;
be shocked and utterly appalled.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

Then the curtain of the sanctuary was split in two from top to bottom.

He answered, “I tell you, if they were to keep silent, the stones would cry out!”

After this I looked, and the heavenly sanctuary—the tabernacle of testimony—was opened.