Luke 23:45 Cross References - Goodspeed

⁴⁵ as the sun was in eclipse. And the curtain before the sanctuary was torn in two.

⁵¹ And at once the curtain of the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split,

³⁸ And the curtain of the sanctuary was torn in two, from top to bottom.

¹⁴ For he is himself our peace. He has united the two divisions, and broken down the barrier that kept us apart, ¹⁵ and through his human nature put an end to the feud between us, and abolished the Law with its rules and regulations, in order to make peace and create out of the two parties one new man by uniting them with himself, ¹⁶ and to kill the feud between them with his cross and in one body reconcile them both to God with it. ¹⁷ He came with the good news of peace for you who were far away and for those who were near; ¹⁸ for it is through him that we both with one Spirit are now able to approach the Father.

¹⁹ This hope is like an anchor for our souls. It reaches up secure and strong into the sanctuary behind the heavenly curtain,

³ And beyond the second curtain, in the part called the inner sanctuary, ⁴ stood the gold incense-altar and the chest that contained the agreement, entirely covered with gold, with the gold jar in it that held the manna, and Aaron's staff that budded, and the tablets containing the agreement; ⁵ and above the chest were the winged creatures of the Divine Presence overshadowing the lid on which the blood was sprinkled—of which I cannot now speak in detail. ⁶ With these arrangements for worship, the priests used constantly to go into the outer part of the tent, in the performance of their rites, ⁷ but only the high priest could enter the inner part, and he but once a year, and never without taking some victim's blood, to offer on his own behalf and for the sins committed through ignorance by the people. ⁸ In all this the holy Spirit was seeking to show that there was no free access to the sanctuary while the outer tent was still standing.

¹⁹ Since then, brothers, we have free access to the sanctuary through the blood of Jesus, ²⁰ by the new, living way which he has opened for us, through the curtain, that is, his physical nature, ²¹ and since in him we have a great priest set over the house of God, ²² let us draw near to God in sincerity of heart and with perfect faith, with our hearts cleansed from the sense of sin, and our bodies washed with clean water.