KJV: And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.
YLT: and the veil of the sanctuary was rent in two, from top to bottom,
Darby: And the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom.
ASV: And the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom.
| καταπέτασμα | veil |
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Parse: Noun, Nominative Neuter Singular Root: καταπέτασμα Sense: a veil spread out, a curtain. |
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| τοῦ | of the |
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Parse: Article, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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| ναοῦ | temple |
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Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: ναός Sense: used of the temple at Jerusalem, but only of the sacred edifice (or sanctuary) itself, consisting of the Holy place and the Holy of Holies (in classical Greek it is used of the sanctuary or cell of the temple, where the image of gold was placed which is distinguished from the whole enclosure). |
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| ἐσχίσθη | was torn |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Passive, 3rd Person Singular Root: σχίζω Sense: to cleave, cleave asunder, rend. |
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| εἰς | into |
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Parse: Preposition Root: εἰς Sense: into, unto, to, towards, for, among. |
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| δύο | two |
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Parse: Adjective, Accusative Neuter Plural Root: δύο Sense: the two, the twain. |
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| ἄνωθεν | top |
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Parse: Adverb Root: ἄνωθεν Sense: from above, from a higher place. |
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| κάτω | bottom |
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Parse: Adverb Root: κάτω Sense: down, downwards. |
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Greek Commentary for Mark 15:38
See on Matthew 27:51. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Mark 15:38
Both Mark (Mark 15:38) and Luke (Luke 23:45) mention also this fact. Matthew connects it with the earthquake, “the earth did quake” Josephus (War VI. 299) tells of a quaking in the temple before the destruction and the Talmud tells of a quaking forty years before the destruction of the temple. Allen suggests that “a cleavage in the masonry of the porch, which rent the outer veil and left the Holy Place open to view, would account for the language of the Gospels, of Josephus, and of the Talmud.” This veil was a most elaborately woven fabric of seventy-two twisted plaits of twenty-four threads each and the veil was sixty feet long and thirty wide. The rending of the veil signified the removal of the separation between God and the people (Gould). [source]
In the middle. Mark 15:38; Matthew 27:51 have “in two” (εις δυο eis duo). [source]
See on Luke 1:3. Literally, from the top (Matthew 27:51). Expositors are divided on the rendering of ἄνωθεν , some translating, from above, and others, again or anew. The word is used in the following senses in the New Testament, where it occurs thirteen times: 1. From the top: Matthew 27:51; Mark 15:38; John 19:23. -DIVIDER- -DIVIDER- 2. From above: John 3:31; John 19:11; James 1:17; James 3:15, James 3:17. -DIVIDER- -DIVIDER- 3. From the beginning: Luke 1:3; Acts 26:5. -DIVIDER- -DIVIDER- 4. Again: Galatians 4:9, but accompanied by πάλιν , again. In favor of the rendering from above, it is urged that it corresponds to John's habitual method of describing the work of spiritual regeneration as a birth from God (John 1:13; 1 John 3:9; 1 John 4:7; 1 John 5:1, 1 John 5:4, 1 John 5:8); and further, that it is Paul, and not John, who describes it as a new birth. In favor of the other rendering, again, it may be said: 1. that from above does not describe the fact but the nature of the new birth, which in the logical order would be stated after the fact, but which is first announced if we render from above. If we translate anew or again, the logical order is preserved, the nature of the birth being described in John 3:5. 2. That Nicodemus clearly understood the word as meaning again, since, in John 3:4, he translated it into a second time. 3. That it seems strange that Nicodemus should have been startled by the idea of a birth from heaven. -DIVIDER- -DIVIDER- Canon Westcott calls attention to the traditional form of the saying in which the word ἀναγεννᾶσθαι , which can only mean reborn, is used as its equivalent. Again, however, does not give the exact force of the word, which is rather as Rev., anew, or afresh. Render, therefore, as Rev., except a man be born anew. The phrase occurs only in John's Gospel. [source]
Another condition of the third class, undetermined but with prospect of determination. First aorist passive subjunctive of γενναω gennaō Ανωτεν Anōthen Originally “from above” (Mark 15:38), then “from heaven” (John 3:31), then “from the first” (Luke 1:3), and then “again” Which is the meaning here? The puzzle of Nicodemus shows To participate in it as in Luke 9:27. For this use of ιδειν idein (second aorist active infinitive of οραω horaō) see John 8:51; Revelation 18:7. [source]