Matthew 27:45

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

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
Now	δὲ de	G1161	but · conjunction
from	Ἀπὸ Apo	G575	"off · preposition
sixth	ἕκτης hektēs	G1623	sixth · adjective — genitive singular feminine
hour	ὥρας hōras	G5610	an "hour" (literally or figuratively) · noun — genitive singular feminine
was	ἐγένετο egeneto	G1096	to cause to be ("gen"-erate) · verb — second aorist middle deponent indicative, 3rd person singular
darkness	σκότος skotos	G4655	shadiness · noun — nominative singular neuter
over	ἐπὶ epi	G1909	properly · preposition
all	πᾶσαν pasan	G3956	all · adjective — accusative singular feminine
land	γῆν gēn	G1093	soil · noun — accusative singular feminine
unto	ἕως he'ōs	G2193	a conjunction · preposition
ninth	ἐνάτης. enatēs	G1766	ninth · adjective — genitive singular feminine
hour	ὥρας hōras	G5610	an "hour" (literally or figuratively) · noun — genitive singular feminine

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Cross-references

Amos 8:9 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…
Mark 15:33-34 And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
Isaiah 50:3 I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.
Luke 23:44-45 And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
Revelation 9:2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were dark…
Mark 15:25 And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.
Revelation 8:12 And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so…

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Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Matthew 27:9

Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying-- (Zac 11:12-13). Never was a complicated prophecy, otherwise hopelessly dark, more marvellously fulfilled. Various conjectures have been formed to account for Matthew's ascribing to Jeremiah a prophecy found in the book of Zechariah. But since with this book he was plainly familiar, having quoted one of its most remarkable prophecies of Christ but a few chapters before (Mat 21:4-5), the question is one more of critical interest than real importance. Perhaps the true explanation is the following, from LIGHTFOOT: "Jeremiah of old had the first place among the prophets, and hereby he comes to be mentioned above all the rest…

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John Gill on Matthew 27:45

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, Luke 23:45. This darkness was a preternatural eclipse of the sun; for it was at the time when the moon was in the full, as appears from its being at the time of the passover; which was on the fourteenth day of the month Nisan, the Jews beginning their months from the new moon: and moreover, it was over all the land, or earth, as the word may be rendered; and the Ethiopic version renders it, "…

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John Calvin on Matthew 27:45-56

Matthew 27:45-56 Matthew 27:45-56 Mark 15:33-41 Luke 23:44-49 45. Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over the whole land [280] till the ninth hour. 46. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? 47. And some of those who were standing by, when they heard it, said, He calleth Elijah. 48. And immediately one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and fastened it to a reed, and gave him to drink. 49. But others said, Let him alone, let us see if Elijah will come to save him. 50. And Jesus having again cried with a loud voice, gave up his spirit. 51. And, lo, the…

The Church Fathers

Creation could not bear the outrage offered to the Creator; whence the sun withdrew his beams, that he might not look upon the crime of these impious men.
— Pseudo-Chrysostom ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

(ad Polycarp. Ep. 7.) When we were together at Heliopolis, we both observed such an interference of the moon with the sun quite unexpectedly, for it was not the season of their conjunction; and then from the ninth hour until evening, beyond the power of nature, continuing in a direct line between us and the sun. And this obscuration we saw begin from the east, and so pass to the extreme of the sun's orb, and again return back the same way, being thus the very reverse of an ordinary eclipse.
— Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

And so the "pressure" must be maintained up to that hour in which the orb-involved from the sixth hour in a general darkness-performed for its dead Lord a sorrowful act of duty; so that we too may then return to enjoyment when the universe regained its sunshine. If this savours more of the spirit of Christian religion, while it celebrates more the glory of Christ, I am equally able, from the self-same order of events, to fix the condition of late protraction of the Station; (namely), that we are to fast till a late hour, awaiting the time of the Lord's sepulture, when Joseph took down and entombed the body which he had requested.
— Tertullian, On Fasting

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Dictionary and topics

Darkness — The plague (the ninth) of darkness in Egypt (Ex. 10:21) is described as darkness “which may be felt.” It covered “all the land of Egypt,” so that “they saw not one another.” It did not extend to the…
Eclipse — Of the sun alluded to in Amos 8:9; Micah 3:6; Zech. 14:6; Joel 2:10. Eclipses were regarded as tokens of God’s anger (Joel 3:15; Job 9:7). The darkness at the crucifixion has been ascribed to an…
Astronomy · SI — SI
Darkness · .At the crucifixion — .At the crucifixion
Death Of Christ, The · Accompanied by supernatural signs — Accompanied by supernatural signs
Hours · Twelve, in the day — Twelve, in the day
Meteorology And Celestial Phenomena · 9:7;26:7,8,11;27:20,21;28:24-27;29:19;36:27-33;37:6-22;38:8-11,22,24-29,31-35,37; — 9:7;26:7,8,11;27:20,21;28:24-27;29:19;36:27-33;37:6-22;38:8-11,22,24-29,31-35,37;
Sun · .Darkening of — .Darkening of

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Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Matthew 27:9

John Gill on Matthew 27:45

John Calvin on Matthew 27:45-56

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Matthew 27:9

John Gill on Matthew 27:45

John Calvin on Matthew 27:45-56

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Matthew 27:45