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The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in two.
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Supernatural Darkness
Commentators note that the darkness described was not a natural solar eclipse, as the crucifixion occurred during the Passover, a time of a full moon. This supernatural event is seen as a sign emphasizing the immense gravity of Christ's death, possibly symbolizing God's judgment on sin or, as Charles Spurgeon suggests, creation itself mourning its Creator.
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The sun's light failing (του ηλιου εκλειποντος). Genitive absolute of the present active participle of εκλειπω, an old verb, to le…
19th Century
Baptist
And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.
As if the great light of heaven and the pattern of heav…
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 the sun was darkened There was an eclipse of it, which was preternatural, it being now full moon, and lasted thr…
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…
