“…If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross… He saved others; he cannot save himself. He is the King of Israel; let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him”Matthew 27:40, 42 (NRSV)

“At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. The earth shook, and the rocks were split” (Matthew 27:51 NRSV)

“through him God was pleased to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, by making peace through the blood of his cross” (Colossians 1:20 NRSV)

“He has rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins” (Colossians 1:13-14 NRSV)

“And you who were once estranged and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his fleshly body through death, so as to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable before him” (Colossians 1:21-22 NRSV)

“The tombs also were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised” (Matthew 27:52 NRSV)