Add parallel Print Page Options

37 Then Jesus cried in a loud voice and died.

38 The curtain in the Temple[a] was torn into two pieces, from the top to the bottom. 39 When the army officer who was standing in front of the cross saw what happened when Jesus died,[b] he said, “This man really was the Son of God!”

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 15:38 curtain in the Temple A curtain divided the Most Holy Place from the other part of the Temple. That was the special building in Jerusalem where God commanded the Jewish people to worship him.
  2. 15:39 when Jesus died Some Greek copies read “when Jesus cried out and died.”

Bible Gateway Recommends