Mark 15:38

King James Version (KJV)

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

Translations

Mark 15:38 - Amplified Bible

And the curtain [of the Holy of Holies] of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.

Mark 15:38 - American Standard Version

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

Mark 15:38 - Bible in Basic English

And the curtain of the Temple was parted in two from end to end.

Mark 15:38 - Darby Bible

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

Mark 15:38 - English Standard Version

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

Mark 15:38 - King James Version

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

Mark 15:38 - La Biblia de las Americas

Y el velo del templo se rasgò en dos, de arriba abajo.

Mark 15:38 - The Message

Mark 15:38 - New American Standard Bible

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

Mark 15:38 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

Y el velo del templo se rasgò en dos, de arriba abajo.

Mark 15:38 - World English Bible

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

Mark 15:38 - Young's Living Translation

and the veil of the sanctuary was rent in two, from top to bottom,

Mark 15:38 - Additional Comments

This veil was somewhere near 60 feet high. Josephus also tells us that the veil was four inches thick and that horses tied to each side could not pull the veil apart. Exo 26:31-33 says that this thick veil was fashioned from blue, purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen.
When Jesus died, the veil was torn, and God moved out of that place never again to dwell in a temple made with hands (Acts 17:24). God was through with that temple and its religious system, and the temple and Jerusalem were left "desolate" (destroyed by the Romans) in A.D. 70, just as Jesus prophesied in Luke 13:35. As long as the temple stood, it signified the continuation of the Old Covenant. Hebrews 9:8-9 refers to the age that was passing away as the new covenant was being established (Hebrews 8:13).
It signified that now the way into the Holy of Holies was open for all people, for all time, both Jew and Gentile.
Hebrews 10:19-20 says that the faithful enter into the sanctuary by the "blood of Jesus, by the new and living way which he opened for us through the veil, that is, through his flesh." Here we see the image of Jesus' flesh being torn for us just as He was tearing the veil for us.

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