Luke - 23:45



45 The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in two.

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Explanation and meaning of Luke 23:45.

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And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.
the sun's light failing: and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.
And the sun was darkened, and the vail of the temple was rent in the midst.
and the sun was darkened, and the vail of the sanctuary was rent in the midst,
And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the middle.
The sun was darkened, and the curtain of the Sanctuary was torn down the middle,
The light of the sun went out, and the curtain in the Temple was parted in two.
The sun's light failed, and the veil of the temple was torn in two.
And the sun was obscured. And the veil of the temple was torn down the middle.
the sun being eclipsed; and the Temple curtain was torn down the middle.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

The sun was darkened - See an examination of the accounts of Phlegon, Thallus, and Dionysius, on Matthew 27:45 (note).
The veil - was rent - See Matthew 27:51.

(14) And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.
(14) Christ enters bravely and resolutely into the very darkness of death, and he does this so that he might overcome death even within its most secret places.

And the sun was darkened,.... There was an eclipse of it, which was preternatural, it being now full moon, and lasted three hours, and so total, as to darken the whole earth; and now was the prophecy in Amos 8:9 literally fulfilled: and the vail of the temple was rent in the midst. The Persic version renders it, "the gate of the temple"; and so the Syriac version, "the face of the gate of the temple"; See Gill on Matthew 27:51.

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