Matthew 27:51-55

Just B.E.L.I.E.V.E. 

Because of the reality of the events that followed His death many believed. Blessed are those who believe without seeing them. 

In His death Jesus broke the veil of sin that separated God from His creation.

Jesus respected women, He broke with the traditions of His culture, elevating them as His disciples of love.

The temple had two veils or curtains—one in front of the Holy Place and the other separating the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place. It was the second of these that was torn, demonstrating that God had opened up access to Himself through His Son. Only God could have torn the veil from the top. 

The supernatural signs convinced them that Jesus was indeed the Son of God. Significantly, this confession of faith came from a Gentile.

Matthew 27:51-55

⁵¹ Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split, ⁵² and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; ⁵³ and coming out of the graves after His resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many.

⁵⁴ So when the centurion and those with him, who were guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they feared greatly, saying, “Truly this was the Son of God!”

⁵⁵ And many women who followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to Him, were there looking on from afar, ⁵⁶ among whom were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.

³⁸ Then the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. 

Mark 15:38

⁴⁵ Then the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in two. 

Luke 23:45

³ and behind the second veil, the part of the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of All, 

Hebrews 9:3

²⁵ Now there stood by the cross of Jesus His mother, and His mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 

John 19:25

⁴¹ who also followed Him and ministered to Him when He was in Galilee, and many other women who came up with Him to Jerusalem. 

Mark 15:41

³ and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many others who provided for Him from their substance. 

Luke 8:3