Subject: Torn veil of Mat 15.38 the literal veil? |
Bible Note: Greetings Thuggish! Here is the actual text of the two passages. Matt. 27:50 - "50 And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit. 51 At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook and the rocks split." Luke 27:44 - "It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour, 45 for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. 46 Jesus called out with a loud voice, ‘‘Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.”" Matthew is the only text which gives a definitive chronological statement. He says that at the moment Jesus gave us the Spirit, the curtain was torn. Luke does not give a clear chronological connection between his two statements. In what possible way is this a contradiction? It would only be a contradiction (by definition), if Luke were to say specifically that the curtain was torn 'before' Jesus gave up the Spirit. He does not say that, so it is not a contradiction. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |