Mark 15:33

Mark 15:33 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
• New International Version (NIV)At noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.

Context of Mark 15:33

31In like manner the chief priests also, with the scribes, mocking with one another, said, He saved others; himself he cannot save. 32Let the Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and may believe. And they that were crucified with him reproached him. And when [the] sixth hour was come, there came darkness over the whole land until [the] ninth hour; 34and at the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice, [saying], Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? 35And some of those who stood by, when they heard [it], said, Behold, he calls for Elias.

Mark 15:33 word by word

Καὶ γενομένης ὥρας ἕκτης σκότος ἐγένετο ἐφ᾽ ὅλην τὴν γῆν ἕως ὥρας ἐνάτης.Read the interlinear

• sixthἕκτοςhektos · sixthG1623
• hourὥραhōra · hourG5610
• comeγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• darknessσκότοςskotos · darknessG4655
• wholeὅλοςholos · allG3650
• landγῆgē · earth: countryG1093

Cross-references for Mark 15:33

• Mark 15:25And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.
• Matthew 27:45Now from [the] sixth hour there was darkness over the whole land until [the] ninth hour;
• Luke 23:44And it was about [the] sixth hour, and there came darkness over the whole land until [the] ninth hour.
• Psalms 105:28He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
• 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 land in the clear day.

Commentaries on Mark 15:33

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 33-41Verses 33-41 There was a thick darkness over the land, from noon until three in the afternoon. The Jews were doing their utmost to extinguish the Sun of Righteousness. The darkness signified the cloud which the human soul of Christ was under, when he was making it an offering for sin. He did not complain that his disciples forsook him, but that his Father forsook him. In this especially he was made sin for us. When Paul was to be offered as a sacrifice…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 33From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land: The whole land likely refers to all of Judah. The darkness was both real and symbolic. It showed the evil nature of what was happening and gave a sign of the judgment that Jesus said would come on Israel (see 13:1–31; 14:58; 15:29).Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 15:33

• Darkness
• Death
• Jesus, the Christ
• Sun

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Commentaries on Mark 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• 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