Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and inside the temple the wooden chest called the ark of his covenant could be seen. There were flashes of lightning, loud noises, thunder, an earthquake, and a severe hailstorm.
When the Roman commander and those who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and everything that had happened, they were terrified and exclaimed, “He had to be the Son of God!”
Just then there was a powerful earthquake. An angel of the Lord came down from heaven, went over to the tomb, rolled back the stone, and sat down on it.
At that same time there was a powerful earthquake, and a tenth of the city collapsed. In the earthquake, 7,000 people were killed. Those who lived through it were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.