Expert: Rev. Frank Ricketts - 7/17/2008

Question
Hi. i was wondering about this question myself which in reading other answers did not give any accounts that were not from the Bible-Whether there is any evidence that the temple  physicaly split when Jesus died.i have heard there are roman accounts etc. of Jesus dieng and other accounts.However I do not know if there are other accounts of the temple spliting that are not included in the bible?If there are could you point them out to me please? Thank you

Answer
Scripture indicates that the veil split, not the temple.

Matthew 27:50-52   Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,

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