Matthew 27:51 Cross References - Riverside

⁵¹ Suddenly the curtain of the Temple was rent in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked. The rocks were split,

⁵⁴ The Centurion and his men who were guarding Jesus, when they saw the earthquake and the things that happened, were greatly terrified and said, "Truly this man was a son of God!"

² And suddenly there was a great earthquake. For an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came to the stone and rolled it away and sat upon it.

³⁸ Then the curtain in the Temple was torn in two from top to bottom.

⁴⁵ the sun being eclipsed. And the curtain in the Temple was torn in the middle.

¹³ But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far have become near by the blood of Christ. ¹⁴ For he is our peace. He has made both Jew and Gentile one and has broken down the dividing wall, the enmity. ¹⁵ In his own flesh he has ended the force of the law of commandments in ordinances in order to make the two, in himself, into one new man, thus making peace, ¹⁶ and in order to reconcile both in one body to God through his cross, by slaying the enmity by it. ¹⁷ And he came and brought the good news of peace to you who were far and peace to those who were near. ¹⁸ For through him we, both Jews and Gentiles, have access through one Spirit to the Father.

¹⁹ We have this hope as an anchor of the soul, sure and firm, and it enters into the tent within the curtain

³ Behind the second curtain was the part called the Holy of Holies.

¹⁹ Since we have, then, brethren, confidence in entering the holy place through the blood of Jesus, ²⁰ by the new and living way which he has made for us through the curtain, that is, his flesh, ²¹ and since we have a great Priest over the house of God, ²² let us come with true hearts in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies bathed in pure water.

²⁵ Beware of rejecting him who is speaking. For if those did not escape who rejected him who taught the divine will on earth, much less shall we if we reject him who speaks from heaven. ²⁶ His voice then shook the earth, but now he has announced, "Yet once for all I shall shake not only the earth but also heaven." ²⁷ And this expression "yet once for all" shows the removal of the things shaken, as of things that have been made, that the unshaken things may remain.

¹³ At that hour occurred a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell and seven thousand men were killed by the earthquake. The rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.

¹⁹ Then the Temple of God in heaven was opened and the ark of his covenant in his temple was seen in his temple, and there came lightnings and voices and thunders and an earthquake and a great hailstorm.