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It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.
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A Miraculous Three-Hour Darkness
Multiple commentators clarify the timeline: the supernatural darkness began at the "sixth hour" (noon, when the sun should be brightest) and lasted until the "ninth hour" (3 PM). This three-hour period of darkness was a powerful, unnatural sign marking the gravity of what was taking place on the cross.
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19th Century
Anglican
And it was about the sixth hour.—See Notes on Matthew 27:45-50; Mark 15:33–37. We can only conjecturally accou…
Baptist
And he said to Jesus, Lord, remember me when you come into your kingdom. And Jesus said to him, Truly I say to you, Today you will be with me i…
Luke refrains from giving a precise time but does imply by the word “now” that the preceding events had filled the morning. There was darkness from…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And it was about the sixth hour Or twelve o'clock at noon; and so the Ethiopic version, when it was noon; (See G…
Presbyterian
We have here the death of Christ magnified by the wonders that attended it, and his death explained by the words with which he breathed out his sou…
