"When was the Temple curtain rent?" (Alleged Contradiction #E4393)
And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst. And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.
Luke 23:45-46
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;
Matthew 27:50-51
And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost. And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.
Mark 15:37-38
Response
The veil was rent right as Jesus died. 1 Because these events occurred simultaneously, the writers had to choose which to write first, but they never said one came before the other.
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