Mark 15:38

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

And the vayle of the temple dyd rent in two peces from the toppe to the boottome.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ τὸ καταπέτασμα τοῦ ναοῦ ἐσχίσθη εἰς δύο ἀπὸ ἄνωθεν ἕως κάτω.

Transliteration

And the katapetasma of-the naou eschisthē into two from anōthen until below.

Grammar Details

• *katapetasma*: noun, nominative, neuter, singular - veil/curtain
• *naou*: noun, genitive, masculine, singular - temple/sanctuary
• *eschisthē*: verb, aorist, passive, indicative, 3rd, singular - was torn/split
• *anōthen*: adverb - from above/from the top

Word Meanings

• *katapetasma*: veil/curtain (separating Holy Place from Holy of Holies)
• *naou*: temple/sanctuary/inner shrine
• *eschisthē*: was torn/was split/was rent
• *anōthen*: from above/from the top

Referenced Verses

• Luke 23:45 : 45 and the sonne was darckened. And the vayle of the temple dyd rent even thorow the myddes.
• Heb 4:14-16 : 14 Seynge then that we have a great hye prest whych is entred into heven (I meane Iesus the sonne of God) let vs holde oure profession. 15 For we have not an hye prest which can not have compassion on oure infirmities: but was in all poyntes tempted lyke as we are: but yet with out synne. 16 Let vs therfore goo boldely vnto the seate of grace that we maye receave mercy and fynde grace to helpe in tyme of nede.
• Heb 6:19 : 19 which hope we have as an ancre of the soule both sure and stedfast. Which hope also entreth in into tho thynges which are with in the vayl
• Heb 9:3-9 : 3 But with in the secode vayle was ther a tabernacle which is called holiest of all 4 which had the golden senser and the arcke of the testamet overlayde round about with golde wherin was the golden pot with manna and Aarons rodde that spronge and the tables of the testament. 5 Over the arcke were the cherubis of glory shadowynge the seate of grace. Of which thynges we wyll not now speake perticularly. 6 When these thynges were thus ordeyned the prestes went all wayes into the fyrst tabernacle and executed the service of god. 7 But into the seconde went the hye prest alone once every yeare: and not with out bloud which he offered for him silfe and for the ignoraunce of ye people. 8 Wherwith ye holy goost this signifyeng yt the waye of holy thynges was not yet opened whill as yet ye fyrst tabernacle was stondynge. 9 Which was a similitude for the tyme then present and in which were offered gyftes and sacrifises that coulde not make them that minister parfecte as pertaynynge to the conscienc 10 with only meates and drinkes and divers wesshynges and iustifyinges of the flesshe which were ordeyned vntyll the tyme of reformacion. 11 But Christ beynge an hye prest of good thynges to come came by a greater and a moare parfecte tabernacle not made with hondes: that is to saye not of this maner bildyng 12 nether by the bloud of gotes and calves: but by his awne bloud we entred once for all into the holy place and founde eternall redemcion.
• Heb 10:19-23 : 19 Seynge brethren that by the meanes of the bloud of Iesu we maye be bolde to enter into that holy plac 20 by the newe and livynge waye which he hath prepared for vs through the vayle that is to saye by his flesshe. 21 And seynge also that we have an hye prest which is ruler over ye housse of god 22 let vs drawe nye with a true herte in a full fayth sprynckeled in oure hertes from an evyll conscience and wesshed in oure bodies with pure water 23 and let vs kepe the profession of oure hope with oute waveringe (for he is faythfull that promysed)
• Exod 26:31-34 : 31 And thou shalt make a vayle off Iacyncte, of scarlett, purpull and twyned bysse, and shalt make it off broderd worke and full of cherubyns. 32 And hange it vppon.iiij. pilers of sethim wodd couered with golde ad that their knoppes be couered with golde also and stonde apon.iiij. sokettes of syluer. 33 And thou shalt hage vp the vayle with rynges, and shall brynge in within the vayle, the arke of wittnesse. And the vayle shall deuyde the holye from the most holye. 34 And thou shalt put the mercyseate vppon the arcke of witnesse in the holyest place.
• Exod 40:20-21 : 20 And he toke ad put the testimonye in the arke ad sett the staues to the arcke and put the merciseate an hye apon the arcke, 21 and broughte the arcke in to the habitacio and hanged vp the vayle ad couered the arcke of witnesse, as the Lorde commaunded Moses.
• Lev 16:2-9 : 2 And he sayde vnto Moses: speake vnto Aaron thy brother that he go not at all tymes in to the holy place, that is whithin the vayle that hangeth before the mercyseate which is apon the arcke that he dye not. For I will appeare in a clowde vpon the mercyseate. 3 But of this maner shall Aaron goo in in to the holy place: with a yonge oxe for a synneofferynge, and a ram for a burntoffrynge. 4 And he shall put the holy lynen albe apon him, ad shall haue a lynen breche vppon his flesh, and shall gyrde him with a lynen gyrdell, and put the lynen mytre apon his heede: for they are holy raymentes. And he shall wasshe his flesh with water, and put them on. 5 And he shall take of the multitude of the childern of Israel two gootes for a synneoffrynge and a ram for a burntofferynge. 6 And Aaron shall offer the oxe for his synneoffrynge and make an attonement for him ad for his housse. 7 And he shall take the two gootes and present them before the Lorde in the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse. 8 And Aaro cast lottes ouer the.ij. gootes: one lotte for the Lorde, ad another for a scapegoote. 9 And Aaron shall bringe the goote apo which the Lordes lotte fell, and offer him for a synneofferynge. 10 But the goote on which the lotte fell to scape, he shall sett alyue before the Lorde to recocyle with ad to let him goo fre in to the wildernesse. 11 And Aaron shall bringe the oxe of his synoffrynge, ad reconcyle for him selfe ad for his housholde, and kyll him. 12 And tha he shall take a censer full of burninge coles out of the alter that is before the Lorde, and his handfull of swete cens beten small and bringe them within the vayl 13 and put the cens apon the fire before the Lorde: that the cloude of the cens maye couer the mercyseate that is apon the witnesse, that he dye not. 14 And he shall take of the bloude of the oxe ad sprinkle it with his finger before the mercyseate eastwarde: euen.vij. tymes. 15 Then shall he kyll the goote that is the peoples synneofferynge, and brynge hys bloude within the vayle, and doo with his bloude as he dyd with the bloude of the oxe, and let him sprinkle it toward the mercyseate and before the mercyseate: 16 ad reconcyle the holy place fro the vnclennesse of the childern of Israel, and from their trespaces ad all there synnes. And so let him doo also vnto the tabernacle of witnesse that dwelleth with them, eue among their vnclennesses. 17 And there shalbe no bodye in the tabernacle of witnesse, when he goeth in to make an attonement in the holy place, vntyll he come out agayne. And he shall make an attonement for him selfe and for his housholde, ad for all the multitude of Israel. 18 Then he shall goo out vnto the alter that stondeth before the Lorde, and reconcyle it, and shall take of the bloude of the oxe and of the bloude of the goote, and put it apon the hornes of the altare rounde aboute, 19 and sprynckle of the bloude apon it with his finger seuen tymes, and clense it, and halowe it fro the vnclennesses of the childern of Israel.
• Matt 27:51-53 : 51 And beholde the vayle of the temple dyd rent in twayne from ye toppe to the bottome and the erth dyd quake and the stones dyd ren 52 and graves dyd open: and the bodies of many sainctes which slept arose 53 and came out of ye graves after his resurreccion and came into the holy cite and appered vnto many.