Luke 23:45
New International Version
for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two.

New Living Translation
The light from the sun was gone. And suddenly, the curtain in the sanctuary of the Temple was torn down the middle.

English Standard Version
while the sun’s light failed. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two.

Berean Standard Bible
The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn down the middle.

Berean Literal Bible
The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in the middle.

King James Bible
And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.

New King James Version
Then the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in two.

New American Standard Bible
because the sun stopped shining; and the veil of the temple was torn in two.

NASB 1995
because the sun was obscured; and the veil of the temple was torn in two.

NASB 1977
the sun being obscured; and the veil of the temple was torn in two.

Legacy Standard Bible
because the sun was obscured. And the veil of the sanctuary was torn in two.

Amplified Bible
because the sun was obscured; and the veil [of the Holy of Holies] of the temple was torn in two [from top to bottom].

Christian Standard Bible
because the sun’s light failed. The curtain of the sanctuary was split down the middle.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
because the sun’s light failed. The curtain of the sanctuary was split down the middle.

American Standard Version
the sun's light failing: and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the sun grew dark, and the curtain of The Temple was ripped apart from its middle.

Contemporary English Version
The sun stopped shining, and the curtain in the temple split down the middle.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.

English Revised Version
the sun's light failing: and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The sun had stopped shining. The curtain in the temple was split in two.

International Standard Version
because the sun had stopped shining, and the curtain in the sanctuary was torn in two.

Literal Standard Version
and the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in the middle,

Majority Standard Bible
The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn down the middle.

New American Bible
because of an eclipse of the sun. Then the veil of the temple was torn down the middle.

NET Bible
because the sun's light failed. The temple curtain was torn in two.

New Revised Standard Version
while the sun’s light failed; and the curtain of the temple was torn in two.

New Heart English Bible
for the sun's light failed. And the veil of the temple was torn in two.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the sun was darkened, and the vail of the temple was rent in the midst.

Weymouth New Testament
The sun was darkened, and the curtain of the Sanctuary was torn down the middle,

World English Bible
The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in two.

Young's Literal Translation
and the sun was darkened, and the vail of the sanctuary was rent in the midst,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Death of Jesus
44It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over all the land until the ninth hour. 45The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn down the middle. 46Then Jesus called out in a loud voice, “Father, into Your hands I commit My Spirit.” And when He had said this, He breathed His last.…

Cross References
Exodus 26:31
Make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.

Matthew 27:51
At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split.

Mark 15:38
And the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.


Treasury of Scripture

And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the middle.

and the veil.

Exodus 26:31
And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:

Leviticus 16:12-16
And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail: …

2 Chronicles 3:14
And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon.

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Luke 23
1. Jesus is accused before Pilate, and sent to Herod.
8. Herod mocks him.
12. Herod and Pilate become friends.
13. Barabbas is desired of the people,
24. and is released by Pilate, and Jesus is given to be crucified.
26. He tells the women, that lament him, the destruction of Jerusalem;
34. prays for his enemies.
39. Two criminals are crucified with him.
46. His death.
50. His burial.














Verse 45. - And the veil of the temple was rent in the midst. This was the inner veil, which hung between the holy place and the holy of holies. It was rich with costly embroidery, and very heavy. Before the willing surrender of life told of in the next versa (46), our Lord spoke twice more. These fifth and sixth words from the cross are preserved by St. John (John 19:28, 30). The first of these, "I thirst " - an expression of bodily exhaustion, of physical suffering - was predicted as part of the agony of the Servant of God (Psalm 69:21). The second, "It is finished!" tells that "the earthly life had been carried to its issue. That every essential point in the prophetic portraiture of Messiah had been realized. The last suffering for sin had been endured. The end of all had been gained. Nothing was left undone or unborne" (Westcott).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
The
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

sun
ἡλίου (hēliou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 2246: The sun, sunlight. From hele; the sun; by implication, light.

was darkened,
ἐκλιπόντος (eklipontos)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 1587: To fail, die out, come to an end, be defunct. From ek and leipo; to omit, i.e. cease.

and
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

the
τὸ (to)
Article - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

veil
καταπέτασμα (katapetasma)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 2665: From a compound of kata and a congener of petomai; something spread thoroughly, i.e. the door screen in the Jewish Temple.

of the
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

temple
ναοῦ (naou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 3485: A temple, a shrine, that part of the temple where God himself resides. From a primary naio; a fane, shrine, temple.

was torn
ἐσχίσθη (eschisthē)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 4977: To rend, divide asunder, cleave. Apparently a primary verb; to split or sever.

down [the] middle.
μέσον (meson)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3319: Middle, in the middle, between, in the midst of. From meta; middle (neuter) noun).


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