Matthew 27:51

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Matthew 27:49–53 · Berean Standard Bible

49 But the others said, “Leave Him alone. Let us see if Elijah comes to save Him.”

50 When Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, He yielded up His spirit.

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.

52 The tombs broke open, and the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep were raised.

53 After Jesus’ resurrection, when they had come out of the tombs, they entered the holy city and appeared to many people.

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Exodus 26:31

Make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.

Exodus 26:32

Hang it with gold hooks on four posts of acacia wood, overlaid with gold and standing on four silver bases.

Exodus 26:33

And hang the veil from the clasps and place the ark of the Testimony behind the veil. So the veil will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.

Exodus 26:34

Put the mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony in the Most Holy Place.

Exodus 26:35

And place the table outside the veil on the north side of the tabernacle, and put the lampstand opposite the table, on the south side.

Exodus 26:36

For the entrance to the tent, you are to make a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen.

Exodus 26:37

Make five posts of acacia wood for the curtain, overlay them with gold hooks, and cast five bronze bases for them.

Exodus 40:21

Then he brought the ark into the tabernacle, put up the veil for the screen, and shielded off the ark of the Testimony, just as the LORD had commanded him.

Leviticus 16:2

And the LORD said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.

Leviticus 16:12

Then he must take a censer full of burning coals from the altar before the LORD, and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense, and take them inside the veil.

Leviticus 16:13

He is to put the incense on the fire before the LORD, and the cloud of incense will cover the mercy seat above the Testimony, so that he will not die.

Leviticus 16:14

And he is to take some of the bull’s blood and sprinkle it with his finger on the east side of the mercy seat; then he shall sprinkle some of it with his finger seven times before the mercy seat.

Leviticus 16:15

Aaron shall then slaughter the goat for the sin offering for the people and bring its blood behind the veil, and with its blood he must do as he did with the bull’s blood: He is to sprinkle it against the mercy seat and in front of it.

Leviticus 21:23

but because he has a defect, he must not go near the veil or approach the altar, so as not to desecrate My sanctuaries. For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.’”

2 Chronicles 3:14

He made the veil of blue, purple, and crimson yarn and fine linen, with cherubim woven into it.

Isaiah 25:7

On this mountain He will swallow up the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations;

Mark 15:38

And the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.

Luke 23:45

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

Ephesians 2:13

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.

Ephesians 2:14

For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostility

Ephesians 2:15

by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace

Ephesians 2:16

and reconciling both of them to God in one body through the cross, by which He extinguished their hostility.

Ephesians 2:17

He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.

Ephesians 2:18

For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.

Hebrews 6:19

We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,

Hebrews 10:19

Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,

Hebrews 10:20

by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body,

Hebrews 10:21

and since we have a great priest over the house of God,

Hebrews 10:22

let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

Matthew 28:2

Suddenly there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, rolled away the stone, and sat on it.

Psalms 18:7

Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.

Psalms 18:15

The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed, at Your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.

Micah 1:3

For behold, the LORD comes forth from His dwelling place; He will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.

Micah 1:4

The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.

Nahum 1:3

The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.

Nahum 1:4

He rebukes the sea and dries it up; He makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither, and the flower of Lebanon wilts.

Nahum 1:5

The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence— the world and all its dwellers.

Habakkuk 3:10

The mountains saw You and quaked; torrents of water swept by. The deep roared with its voice and lifted its hands on high.

Habakkuk 3:13

You went forth for the salvation of Your people, to save Your anointed. You crushed the head of the house of the wicked and stripped him from head to toe. Selah

Hebrews 12:25

See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?

Hebrews 12:26

At that time His voice shook the earth, but now He has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth, but heaven as well.”

Hebrews 12:27

The words “Once more” signify the removal of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that the unshakable may remain.

Revelation 11:13

And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand were killed in the quake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.

Revelation 11:19

Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder, and an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.