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The Death of Jesus

Matthew 27:45

In 9 translations

BSB
From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.That is, from noon until three in the afternoon
KJV
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
WEB
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.noon3:00 p.m.
ASV
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
LSV
And from the sixth hour darkness came over all the land to the ninth hour,
YLT
And from the sixth hour darkness came over all the land unto the ninth hour,
DBY
Now from [the] sixth hour there was darkness over the whole land until [the] ninth hour;
DRC
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over the whole earth, until the ninth hour.
GNV
Now from ye sixt houre was there darkenesse ouer all the land, vnto the ninth houre.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Spelling of ἐνάτης: Textus Receptus: ἐννάτης.

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
Ἀπὸ δὲ ἕκτης ὥρας σκότος ἐγένετο ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν ἕως ὥρας ἐνάτης.
RP2018
Ἀπὸ δὲ ἕκτης ὥρας σκότος ἐγένετο ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν ἕως ὥρας ἐνάτης.
TR-Boyd
Ἀπὸ δὲ ἕκτης ὥρας σκότος ἐγένετο ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν ἕως ὥρας ἐννάτης.
SCR1894
απο δε εκτης ωρας σκοτος εγενετο επι πασαν την γην εως ωρας εννατης

Who and where

◆ Holy Week◆ Crucifixion and Burial

People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Part of

  • The crucifixion and burial of Jesus Soldiers crucify Jesus at Golgotha; in Mark, he is mocked, darkness falls, he cries out with the opening of Psalm 22 and dies, and the templ…

Cross-references most cited first

  • Amos 8:9And 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.
  • Mark 15:33–34From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land. At the ninth hour, Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
  • Isaiah 50:3I clothe the heavens in black and make sackcloth their covering.”
  • Luke 23:44–45It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over all the land until the ninth hour. The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn down the middle.
  • Revelation 9:2The 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 pit.
  • Mark 15:25It was the third hour when they crucified Him.
  • Revelation 8:12Then the fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun and moon and stars were struck. A third of the stars were darkened, a third of the day was without light, and a third of the night as well.

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