The sixth hour (ωρας εκτης). That is, noon (Jewish time), as the third hour was nine A.M. . See on Mt 27:45 for discu ion. Given a…

Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled him. And w…

The Venerable Bede: This most glorious light withdrew its rays from the world, so that it would not see the Lord hanging, and s…

All three Synoptic Gospels report the darkness; none says what caused it. Perhaps it was dark clouds obscuring the sun or a black sirocco—a wind th…

And when the sixth hour was come
Or twelve o'clock at noon, having hung upon the cross from about the third hour, or…

There was a thick darkness over the land, from noon until three in the afternoon. The Jews were doing their utmost to extinguish the Sun of Righteo…