44And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. …
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:
And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 44-49)In these verses we have three things:— I. Christ’s dying magnified by the prodigies that attended it: only two are here mentioned, which we had an account of before. 1. The darkening of the sun at noon-day . It was now about the sixth hour , that is, according to our computation, twelve o’clock at noon; and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour . The sun was eclipsed and the…
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