MATTHEW 27:51 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“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;”
And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And the earth shook, and the rocks were split. The cosmic signs at the moment of death: the temple curtain torn from top to bottom (the direction communicates divine agency, not human tearing), the earthquake, the split rocks. The torn curtain — the veil separating the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place — communicates the new access to God's presence that the death has opened. Hebrews 10:19–20 interprets the torn curtain explicitly.
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