Parallel Verses
An Understandable Version
Now from noon until three o'clock in the afternoon there was darkness over all the land.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
Holman Bible
From noon until three in the afternoon
International Standard Version
From noon on, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.
A Conservative Version
Now from the sixth hour darkness developed over all the land until the ninth hour.
American Standard Version
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
Amplified
Now from the sixth hour (noon) there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour (3:00 p.m.).
Anderson New Testament
From the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land till the ninth hour.
Bible in Basic English
Now from the sixth hour it was dark over all the land till the ninth hour.
Common New Testament
Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land.
Daniel Mace New Testament
Now from the sixth hour to the ninth, the whole land was cover'd with darkness.
Darby Translation
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour;
Godbey New Testament
And from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
Goodspeed New Testament
Now from noon there was darkness over the whole country until three o'clock.
John Wesley New Testament
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the earth, unto the ninth hour.
Julia Smith Translation
And from the sixth hour, darkness was upon all the earth, even to the ninth hour.
King James 2000
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Now from the sixth hour, darkness came over all the land until the ninth hour.
Modern King James verseion
And from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
From the sixth hour, was there darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
Moffatt New Testament
Now from twelve o'clock to three o'clock darkness covered all the land,
Montgomery New Testament
Now from noon darkness fell upon the whole land, until three o'clock in the afternoon.
NET Bible
Now from noon until three, darkness came over all the land.
New Heart English Bible
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
Noyes New Testament
And from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land, until the ninth hour.
Sawyer New Testament
And from the sixth hour there was darkness on all the land till the ninth hour;
The Emphasized Bible
Now, from the sixth hour, darkness, came upon all the land - until the ninth hour.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Now from the fifth hour darkness fell upon all the land, unto the ninth hour.
Twentieth Century New Testament
After mid-day a darkness came over all the country, lasting till three in the afternoon.
Webster
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land to the ninth hour.
Weymouth New Testament
Now from noon until three o'clock in the afternoon there was darkness over the whole land;
Williams New Testament
Now from twelve o'clock till three, darkness covered the whole land.
World English Bible
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
Worrell New Testament
And from the sixth hour there came darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
Worsley New Testament
Now from the sixth hour to the ninth there was darkness over all the land.
Youngs Literal Translation
And from the sixth hour darkness came over all the land unto the ninth hour,
Themes
Darkness » Miraculous » At the crucifixion
Darkness » Miraculous » At the death of Christ
death » Scenes of » Death of jesus
The death of Christ » Accompanied by preternatural signs
Jesus Christ » History of » Crucified (just outside jerusalem)
Meteorology and celestial phenomena » Phenomena of » Darkness at the crucifixion
Topics
Interlinear
De
Ginomai
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 27:45
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jesus Dies On The Cross
44 And the thieves who were crucified with Him also heaped the same abuse on Him. 45 Now from noon until three o'clock in the afternoon there was darkness over all the land. 46 Then about three in the afternoon Jesus called out in a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama, sabachthani? [Note: These words were spoken in the commonly used Aramaic language], which mean, My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
Cross References
Mark 15:33-34
And when it became noon there was darkness over the entire land until three o'clock in the afternoon.
Luke 23:44-45
Now when it was about twelve o'clock noon, darkness came over all the land until three o'clock in the afternoon, for
Mark 15:25
It was nine o'clock in the morning and they crucified Him. [Note: John 19:14 indicates that the crucifixion took place about noon. This can be harmonized if we take Mark's account to mean when the entire process began].
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.
Revelation 9:2
And the fallen star opened the shaft leading to the deep pit and smoke drifted up from the shaft like smoke from a huge furnace. And the sun and the sky were darkened by the smoke from the shaft.