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When the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
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A Supernatural Sign
Commentators agree that the darkness from noon to 3 p.m. was not a normal event. While some suggest potential natural causes like a desert wind or thick clouds, they emphasize that the Gospel writers present it as a supernatural act of God, a divine sign marking the profound gravity of Christ's crucifixion.
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The sixth hour (ωρας εκτης). That is, noon (Jewish time), as the third hour was nine A.M. (). See on Mt 27:45 for discussion. Give…
19th Century
Baptist
And when the sixth hour was come—
When the sun had reached the zenith, at high noon—
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And when the sixth hour was come Or twelve o'clock at noon, having hung upon the cross from about the third hour, or…
Presbyterian
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…
