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37 Jesus shouted and then died.

38 (A) At once the curtain in the temple[a] tore in two from top to bottom.

39 A Roman army officer was standing in front of Jesus. When the officer saw how Jesus died, he said, “This man really was the Son of God!”

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  1. 15.38 curtain in the temple: There were two curtains in the temple. One was at the entrance, and the other separated the holy place from the most holy place that the Jewish people thought of as God's home on earth. The second curtain is probably the one which is meant.

37 With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last.(A)

38 The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.(B) 39 And when the centurion,(C) who stood there in front of Jesus, saw how he died,[a] he said, “Surely this man was the Son of God!”(D)

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  1. Mark 15:39 Some manuscripts saw that he died with such a cry