The Heavens Torn
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καὶ εὐθὺς ἀναβαίνων ἐκ τοῦ ὕδατος εἶδεν σχιζομένους τοὺς οὐρανοὺς καὶ τὸ Πνεῦμα ὡς περιστερὰν καταβαῖνον εἰς αὐτόν ·
And immediately, coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit coming down into him like a dove.
Not "opened." Torn. Mark uses the same verb again at the very end of the book.
<p><span class="gk">σχιζομένους</span> is from <span class="gk">σχίζω</span>, to split or rend — the root behind English "schism." Matthew and Luke both replace it with a verb meaning "opened." Mark uses <span class="gk">σχίζω</span> exactly twice: here, and at 15:38, where the temple curtain is torn from top to bottom. The book is bracketed by the same tearing.</p><p><span class="gk">εἰς αὐτόν</span> is "into him," not "upon him." Matthew and Luke have "upon." Every English version in our stack renders Mark as "upon" or "on" — Wycliffe, Tyndale, Geneva, Douay, KJV alike. Young's Literal has "in." The preposition in the Greek is the ordinary word for motion into.</p>
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