Matthew 27:45
From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.
Note That is, from noon until three in the afternoon
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
Note noon
Note 3:00 p.m.
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
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- Mark 15:25, 33, 34; Luke 23:44, 45
- darkness
- That this general darkness was wholly preternatural is evident from this, that it happened at the passover, which was celebrated only at the full moon, a time in which it was impossible for the sun to be eclipsed, natural eclipses happening only at the time of the new moon. (See Introduction to the Comprehensive Bible, p. 59.)
- Isaiah 50:3; Amos 8:9; Revelation 8:12; Revelation 9:2