LUKE 23:45 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.”
For the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two — the sun stopped shining: the solar darkness as cosmic witness to the event. The curtain of the temple was torn in two: the veil separating the Holy of Holies from the rest of the temple — the boundary between the divine and human presence — torn from top to bottom. The death of Jesus opens access to God.
Church Fathers on Luke 23:45
As soon as the Lord of all had been given up to be crucified, the whole framework of the world bewailed its rightful Master, and the light was darkened at mid-day, which was a manifest token that the souls of those who crucified Him would suffer darkness.
What is here said of the darkness, the other two Evangelists, Matthew and Mark confirm, but St. Luke adds the cause whence the darkness arose, saying, And the sun was darkened.
This miracle then took place that it might be made known, that He who had undergone death was the Ruler of the whole creation.
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