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Luke 23:45

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

KJV

τοῦ ἡλίου ἐκλιπόντος· ἐσχίσθη δὲ τὸ καταπέτασμα τοῦ ναοῦ μέσον.

Greek NT

Et obscuratus est sol, et velum templi scissum est medium.

Vulgate

the sun’s light failing: and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.

ASV

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

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
καταπέτασμα
katapetasma
noun · 6×
μέσος
mesos
adjective · 61×
ναός
naos
noun · 45×
σχίζω
schizo
verb · 11×
ἐκλείπω
ekleipo
verb · 4×
ἥλιος
elios
noun · 32×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: τοῦ ἡλίου ἐκλιπόντος | WH/NIV: τοῦ ἡλίου ἐκλιπόντος | Treg/RP: καὶ ἐσκοτίσθη ὁ ἥλιος καὶ
  • τοῦ ἡλίου ἐκλιπόντοςSBLGNT
  • τοῦ ἡλίου ἐκλιπόντοςWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • καὶ ἐσκοτίσθη ὁ ἥλιος καὶTregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
trivial
SBLGNT: δὲ | WH/NIV: δὲ
  • δὲSBLGNT
  • δὲWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Theophany

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Eph 2:14 — For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
  • Gen 1:14 — And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
  • Heb 9:3 — And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;
  • Heb 10:19 — Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
  • Heb 10:20 — By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
  • Lev 16:12 — 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:
  • Mark 15:38 — And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.
  • Mark 15:38 — And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.
  • Matt 27:51 — 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;
  • Matt 27:51 — 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;