Mark 15:33
31 Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save.
32 Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled him.
And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
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?
35 And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elias.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.
- KJV
- And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
- WEB
- When the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
- ASV
- And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
- DARBY
- And when [the] sixth hour was come, there came darkness over the whole land until [the] ninth hour;
- BLB
- And the sixth hour having come, darkness came over all the land until the ninth hour.
- ÅB
- Og da den sjette time var kommet, ble det mørke over hele landet like til den niende time.
- OTB
- Da den sjette time kom, falt det mørke over hele landet til den niende time.
- B1930
- Og da den sjette time var kommet, blev det mørke over hele landet like til den niende time.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 27:45
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
Read in contextLuke 23:44–45
And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
Read in contextAmos 8:9–10
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:
Read in contextMark 15:25
And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.
Read in contextIsaiah 50:3–4
I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.
Read in contextPsalms 105:28
He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
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