Matthew 27:45
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
KJV
Ἀπὸ δὲ ἕκτης ὥρας σκότος ἐγένετο ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν ἕως ὥρας ἐνάτης.
Greek NT
A sexta autem hora tenebræ factæ sunt super universam terram usque ad horam nonam.
Vulgate
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
ASV
Now from the sixth hour, there was darkness over the whole earth, until the ninth hour.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
γῆ
ge
noun · 251×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
σκότος
skotos
noun · 31×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἔννατος
ennatos
adjective · 10×
ἕκτος
ektos
adjective · 15×
ἕως
eos
adverb · 145×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὥρα
ora
noun · 106×
Theophany
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Homilies on Matthew · 2 passages
Source. Translated by George Prevost and revised by M.B. Riddle. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 10. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1888.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/200188.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Advent is Kevin Knight. My email a…
2. But mark, I pray you, their craft, how ridiculous it is. We remember, these are their words, that that deceiver said, while He was yet alive, After three days I rise again. Yet if He were a deceiver, and boastfully uttered falsehood, why are you afraid and run to and fro, and use so much diligence? We are afraid, it is replied, lest perchance the disciples steal Him away, an…
Cross-references
- 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 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.
- Gen 1:16 — And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
- Isa 50:3 — I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.
- Jer 2:12 — Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.
- Job 3:4 — Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
- Job 38:19 — Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
- 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 4:6 — Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.
- Luke 21:25 — And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
- Luke 23:44 — And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
- Luke 23:44 — And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
- Mark 15:25 — And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- Rev 9:2 — And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.