And, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks were split;
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Jerome
AD 420
The literal meaning of the great signs is undoubtedly that both heaven and earth and all things within them wished to acclaim their crucified Lord. It seems to me, however, that the trembling earth and other signs also represent a type of believers, namely, those who once were comparable to a graveyard but who, having abandoned the errors of their former ways and having softened their once stony hearts, have come to acknowledge the Creator. .
