Luke 23:45
Modern Translations
New International Version
for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two.

New Living Translation
The light from the sun was gone. And suddenly, the curtain in the sanctuary of the Temple was torn down the middle.

English Standard Version
while the sun’s light failed. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two.

Berean Study Bible
The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn down the middle.

New American Standard Bible
because the sun stopped shining; and the veil of the temple was torn in two.

NASB 1995
because the sun was obscured; and the veil of the temple was torn in two.

NASB 1977
the sun being obscured; and the veil of the temple was torn in two.

Amplified Bible
because the sun was obscured; and the veil [of the Holy of Holies] of the temple was torn in two [from top to bottom].

Christian Standard Bible
because the sun’s light failed. The curtain of the sanctuary was split down the middle.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
because the sun's light failed. The curtain of the sanctuary was split down the middle.

Contemporary English Version
The sun stopped shining, and the curtain in the temple split down the middle.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The sun had stopped shining. The curtain in the temple was split in two.

International Standard Version
because the sun had stopped shining, and the curtain in the sanctuary was torn in two.

NET Bible
because the sun's light failed. The temple curtain was torn in two.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.

New King James Version
Then the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in two.

King James 2000 Bible
And the sun was darkened, and the curtain of the temple was torn in the middle.

New Heart English Bible
for the sun's light failed. And the veil of the temple was torn in two.

World English Bible
The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in two.

American King James Version
And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the middle.

American Standard Version
the sun's light failing: and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.

A Faithful Version
And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was split down the middle.

Darby Bible Translation
And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple rent in the midst.

English Revised Version
the sun's light failing: and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the sun was darkened, and the vail of the temple was rent in the midst.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And the Sunne was darkened, and the vaile of the Temple rent through the middes.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And the sunne was darkned, and the vayle of the temple dyd rent, euen thorowe the middes.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
And the Sonne was darkened, and the vayle of the temple rente in two euen thorow the myddes.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
and the sonne was darckened. And the vayle of the temple dyd rent even thorow the myddes.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in the middle,

Berean Literal Bible
The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in the middle.

Young's Literal Translation
and the sun was darkened, and the vail of the sanctuary was rent in the midst,

Smith's Literal Translation
And the sun was darkened, and the covering of the temple was split in the middle.

Literal Emphasis Translation
The sun was obscured, and the veil of the temple was divided asunder in the middle.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And the sun was obscured. And the veil of the temple was torn down the middle.

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the sun grew dark, and the curtain of The Temple was ripped apart from its middle.

Lamsa Bible
And the sun was darkened, and the door curtains of the temple were torn in the center.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
And the sun was darkened, and the vail of the temple was rent in the midst.

Godbey New Testament
And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the middle.

Haweis New Testament
And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.

Mace New Testament
the sun was obscured, and the veil of the temple was rent in two.

Weymouth New Testament
The sun was darkened, and the curtain of the Sanctuary was torn down the middle,

Worrell New Testament
the sun's light failing. And the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.

Worsley New Testament
And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.
















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