American Standard Version
Matthew 27:45
45Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
Matthew 27:45 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
- New International Version (NIV)From noon until three in the afternoon darkness came over all the land.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land.
Context of Matthew 27:45
43He trusteth on God; let him deliver him now, if he desireth him: for he said, I am the Son of God. 44And the robbers also that were crucified with him cast upon him the same reproach. Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour. 46And 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? 47And some of them that stood there, when they heard it, said, This man calleth Elijah.
Read all of Matthew 27Matthew 27:45 word by word
Ἀπὸ δὲ ἕκτης ὥρας σκότος ἐγένετο ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν ἕως ὥρας ἐνάτης.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Matthew 27:45
- Mark 15:25And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.
- Luke 23:44And it was now about the sixth hour, and a darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour,
- Isaiah 50:3I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.
- Amos 8:9And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord Jehovah, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day.
- Revelation 8:12And 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; that the third part of them should be darkened, and the day should not shine for the third part of it, and the night in like manner.
- Revelation 9:2And he opened the pit of the abyss; and there went up a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
Commentaries on Matthew 27:45
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 45There was darkness over all the land - I am of opinion that does not mean all the world, but only the land of Judea. So the word is used Matthew 24:30; Luke 4:25, and in other places. Several eminent critics are of this opinion: Beza defends this meaning of the word, and translates the Greek, super universam Regionem over the whole Country. Besides, it is evident that the evangelists speak of things that happened in Judea, the place of their residence. It…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 45Now from the sixth hour - That is, from our twelve o‘clock. The Jews divided their day into twelve hours, beginning to count at sunrise. There was darkness - This could not have been an eclipse of the sun, for the Passover was celebrated at the time of the full moon, when the moon is opposite to the sun. Luke says Luke 23:45 that “the sun was darkened,” but it was not by an eclipse. The only cause of this was the interposing power of God - furnishing…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 45-50Verses 45-50 During the three hours which the darkness continued, Jesus was in agony, wrestling with the powers of darkness, and suffering his Father's displeasure against the sin of man, for which he was now making his soul an offering. Never were there three such hours since the day God created man upon the earth, never such a dark and awful scene; it was the turning point of that great affair, man's redemption and salvation. Jesus uttered a complaint…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 45darkness: This represents God's judgment. Or, it could more specifically refer to the coming of the day of the Lord (see Amos 5:18, 20; 8:9–10; also Jeremiah 4:27–28; 13:16; 15:9).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Matthew 27
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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