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

31The leading priests and teachers of religious law also mocked Jesus. “He saved others,” they scoffed, “but he can’t save himself! 32Let this Messiah, this King of Israel, come down from the cross so we can see it and believe him!” Even the men who were crucified with Jesus ridiculed him. At noon, darkness fell across the whole land until three o’clock. 34Then at three o’clock Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?” 35Some of the bystanders misunderstood and thought he was calling for the prophet Elijah.

Mark 15:33 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• when the sixthἕκτοςhektos · sixthG1623
• hourὥραhōra · hourG5610
• was comeγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• darknessσκότοςskotos · darknessG4655
• overἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• the wholeὅλοςholos · allG3650
• landὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• landγῆgē · earth: countryG1093
• untilἕωςheōs · untilG2193
• the ninthἔννατοςennatos · ninth (hour)G1766

Cross-references for Mark 15:33

• Mark 15:25It was nine o’clock in the morning when they crucified him.
• Matthew 27:45At noon, darkness fell across the whole land until three o’clock.
• Luke 23:44By this time it was about noon, and darkness fell across the whole land until three o’clock.
• Psalms 105:28The Lord blanketed Egypt in darkness, for they had defied his commands to let his people go.
• Isaiah 50:3I dress the skies in darkness, covering them with clothes of mourning.”
• Amos 8:9“In that day,” says the Sovereign Lord, “I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth while it is still 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