Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Matthew 27:51 The veil of the temple was rent. The curtain before the Holy of Holies separating it from the Holy Place.It took place about the time of the evening sacrifice and showed by symbol that the real atonement, of which the yearly atonement was only a type, had been offered and that the true High Priest had entered into the true Holy of Holies. And the earth did quake A common event at Jerusalem, but now significant of the sympathy of nature with the great tragedy.
Other People's Commentary (NT) entries containing Matthew 27:51:
Matthew 27:51
Mark 15:21-41
Luke 23:26-49
John 19:17-30
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