Mark 15 · Verse 38

Mark 15:38

And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.
Mark 15:38, King James Version

Mark 15:38 in other translations

BSBAnd the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.
WEBThe veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom.
ASVAnd the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom.
YLTand the veil of the sanctuary was rent in two, from top to bottom,
DARBYAnd the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom.
BBEAnd the curtain of the Temple was parted in two from end to end.
WebsterAnd the vail of the temple was rent in two, from the top to the bottom.

What does Mark 15:38 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 15:33-41

There was a thick darkness over the land, from noon until three in the afternoon. The Jews were doing their utmost to extinguish the Sun of Righteousness. The darkness signified the cloud which the human soul of Christ was under, when he was making it an offering for sin. He did not complain that his disciples forsook him, but that his Father forsook him. In this especially he was made sin for us. When Paul was to…

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Mark 15:38 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ΚαὶKaiAndG2532
τὸtotheG3588
καταπέτασμαkatapetasmaveilG2665
τοῦtouof theG3588
ναοῦnaoutempleG3485
ἐσχίσθηeschisthēwas tornG4977
εἰςeisintoG1519
δύοduotwoG1417
ἀπ᾽ap᾽fromG575
ἄνωθενanōthentopG509
ἕωςhe'ōsuntilG2193
κάτω.katōbottom.G2736

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Mark 15:38

  • Hebrews 10:19-23

    Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; And having an high priest over the house of God; 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. …

  • Luke 23:45

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

  • Hebrews 9:3-12

    And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all; Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant; And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly. Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God. …

  • Matthew 27:51-53

    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 the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.

  • Leviticus 16:2-19

    And the Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat. Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering. He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on. And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering. …

  • Exodus 26:31-34

    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: And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver. And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy. And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.

  • Hebrews 4:14-16

    Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

  • Hebrews 6:19

    Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;

  • Exodus 40:20-21

    And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark: And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the Lord commanded Moses.

  • 2 Chronicles 3:8-14

    And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents. And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold. And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, and overlaid them with gold. And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long: one wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ex 26:31-34; 40:20,21; Le 16:2-19; 2Ch 3:8-14; Mt 27:51-53
Lu 23:45; Heb 4:14-16; 6:19; 9:3-12; 10:19-23

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Context

  • Mark 15:37

    And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.

  • Mark 15:38

    And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.

  • Mark 15:39

    And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.

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Mark 15:38 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Entonces el velo del templo se rasgó en dos, de alto á bajo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et le voile du temple se déchira en deux, depuis le haut jusqu’en bas.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und der Vorhang des Tempels zerriß in zwei Stücke, von oben bis unten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et velum templi scissum est in duo, a summo usque deorsum.