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Selected Verse: Mark 15:38 - King James
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Mr 15:38 |
King James |
And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom. |
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The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
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God rent it down; it was rent from the top. Christ having made atonement and glorified God, the way into the holiest was now made manifest.
Compare (Heb 9:8); (Heb 9:24); (Heb 10:19-22). |
Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
The veil
See on Mat 27:51. |
19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
21 And having an high priest over the house of God;
22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
24 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
8 The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:
51 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;