Matthew 27:45
Now from the sixth hour it was dark over all the land till the ninth hour.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
In Context
44And the thieves who were on the crosses said evil words to him.
Cross References
Isaiah 50:3By me the heavens are clothed with black, and I make haircloth their robe.
Mark 15:25And it was the third hour when they put him on the cross.
Luke 23:44And it was now about the sixth hour; and all the land was dark till the ninth hour;
Revelation 9:2And he made the great deep open and a smoke went up from it, like the smoke of a great oven; and the sun and the air were made dark because of the smoke.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 27:34-50
The Crucifixion. 33 And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, 34 They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink. 35 And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots. 36 And sitting down they watched him there; 37 And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS… Read the whole commentary →