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Selected Verse: Luke 23:44 - King James
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
See the notes at Mat 27:45-50. |
Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Sixth hour
Midday.
Ninth hour
See on Mat 27:46. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
There was darkness over all the earth - The noon - tide darkness, covering the sun, obscured all the upper hemisphere. And the lower was equally darkened, the moon being in opposition to the sun, and so receiving no light from it. Mat 27:45. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Darkness over all the earth - See the note on Mat 27:45. The darkness began at the sixth hour, about our twelve o'clock at noon, and lasted till the ninth hour, which answered to our three o'clock in the afternoon. |
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.