The curtain. was torn in two. This was the heavy curtain which divided the "Holy of Holies" from the "Holy Place" (see plan of Herod's Temple). "From top to bottom" shows this to be an act of God, and it is intended to be symbolic (see Hebrews 10:19-21). The earth shook. Not an ordinary earthquake. This is a part of the supernatural and symbolic "signs" that accompany the Death of Jesus.

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