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Lu 23:44 King James And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
See the notes at Mat 27:45-50.
 
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45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
47 Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias.
48 And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.
49 The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.
50 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.