33And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land 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 it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. …
And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.
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: …
I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 33-41)Here we have an account of Christ’s dying, how his enemies abused him, and God honoured him at his death. I. There was a thick darkness over the whole land (some think over the whole earth), for three hours, from noon till three of the clock. Now the scripture was fulfilled (Amos 8:9), I will cause the sun to go down at noon , and I will darken the earth in the clear day ; and Jer. 15:9; Her sun i…
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