45And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.
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Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, …
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 after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all; …
And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.
For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 44-49)In these verses we have three things:— I. Christ’s dying magnified by the prodigies that attended it: only two are here mentioned, which we had an account of before. 1. The darkening of the sun at noon-day . It was now about the sixth hour , that is, according to our computation, twelve o’clock at noon; and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour . The sun was eclipsed and the…
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