14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

• Darkness at the Crucifixion

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• Acts 2:20 — The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:
• Amos 5:18 — Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.
• Amos 8:9 — 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:
• Amos 8:9 — 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:
• Exod 10:21 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.
• Exod 10:21 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.
• Hab 3:8 — Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation?
• Joel 2:31 — The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
• John 19:14 — And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
• Mark 15:25 — And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.
• Mark 15:33 — And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
• Mark 15:33 — And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
• Mark 15:34 — And 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?
• Mark 15:39 — And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.
• Matt 27:45 — Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
• Matt 27:45 — Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
• Matt 27:52 — And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
• Ps 105:28 — He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
• Ps 105:28 — He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
• Rev 8:12 — And 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; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone n