Matthew 27:45 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 27:45

From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.

BSB

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ASV

Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.

KJV

Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.

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Commentary

1 voice

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Verse 45) But at the sixth hour, darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour. Those who wrote against the Gospels suspect a solar eclipse, which usually occurs at certain fixed times, as the reason for the disciples of Christ being misunderstood about the resurrection of the Lord: since a solar eclipse only occurs when the moon is rising. However, there is no doubt that during the time of Passover, the moon was full.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

Now from the sixth hour,.... Which was twelve o'clock at noon, there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour; till three o'clock in the afternoon, the time the Jews call "between the two evenings"; and which they say (c) is "from the sixth hour, and onwards". Luke says, the sun was darkened, Luk 23:

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Now from the sixth hour - That is, from our twelve o’clock. The Jews divided their day into twelve hours, beginning to count at sunrise. There was darkness - This could not have been an eclipse of the sun, for the Passover was celebrated at the time of the full moon, when the moon is opposite to the sun. Luke says Luk 23:45 that “the sun was darkened,” but it was not by an eclipse.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἀπὸ	Apo	From	G575 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
ἕκτης	hektēs	[the] sixth	G1623 →
ὥρας	hōras	hour	G5610 →
σκότος	skotos	darkness	G4655 →
ἐγένετο	egeneto	was	G1096 →
ἐπὶ	epi	over	G1909 →
πᾶσαν	pasan	all	G3956 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
γῆν	gēn	land	G1093 →
ἕως	he'ōs	until	G2193 →
ὥρας	hōras	[the] hour	G5610 →
ἐνάτης.	enatēs	ninth.	G1766 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Revelation 9:2
The star opened the pit of the Abyss, and smoke rose out of it like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the…
leads to
- Joel 2:10
  Before them the earth quakes; the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness.
- Genesis 19:28
  He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of the plain, and he saw the smoke rising from the land like smoke from a furnace.
- Joel 2:2
  a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be…
Through
Amos 8:9
And in that day, declares the Lord GOD, I will make the sun go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the daytime.
leads to
- Mark 15:33
  From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.
- Luke 23:44
  It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over all the land until the ninth hour.
- Jeremiah 15:9
  The mother of seven will grow faint; she will breathe her last breath. Her sun will set while it is still day; she will be disgraced and humiliated. And the rest I will put…
- Micah 3:6
  Therefore night will come over you without visions, and darkness without divination. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn black over them.
- Matthew 24:29
  Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will…

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Matthew

Where the connections lead

The record, by era

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Matthew