And the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom, the earth shook, the rocks were split,

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

owing to an eclipse of the sun; the curtain in the middle of the temple was torn in two.

and, as the harbour was badly placed for wintering in, the majority proposed to set sail and try if they could reach Phoenix and winter there (Phoenix is a Cretan harbour facing S.W. and N.W.).

For if you have been cut from an olive which is naturally wild, and grafted, contrary to nature, upon a garden olive, how much more will the natural branches be grafted into their proper olive?

You were astray like sheep, but you have come back now to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls.