Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:
Bible References
That i
Matthew 24:29
"But immediately after the terrible trouble of those days, [i.e., the next major event on God's calendar], the sun will become dark, and [therefore] the moon will not [be able to] shed its [reflected] light. The stars will fall from the sky and the forces of the heavens will be shaken [Note: From the description of these same events in Luke 21:25-26, it is possible that this is figurative language for great calamities happening on the earth].
Revelation 6:12
Then I looked as the Lamb broke open the sixth seal, and there [I saw] a great earthquake; the sun turned as black as sackcloth made out of [goat] hair, and the entire moon turned [as red] as blood.
Revelation 8:12
[When] the fourth angel sounded its trumpet [I saw] one third of the sun, one third of the moon, and one third of the stars being struck, so that one third [of their light] would become darkened. So, the daytime had [only] one third of its [normal] light, and the nighttime was the same way.
And i
Matthew 27:45
Now from noon until three o'clock in the afternoon there was darkness over all the land.
Mark 15:33
And when it became noon there was darkness over the entire land until three o'clock in the afternoon.
Luke 23:44
Now when it was about twelve o'clock noon, darkness came over all the land until three o'clock in the afternoon, for