Bible Strands
Mark 15:33
From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — While Jesus remains on the cross and crucified onlookers demand He descend to prove His identity, the narrative shifts to a three-hour period of darkness covering the land from the sixth hour until the ninth hour.
The words — σκότος (skotos) = darkness; ἐγένετο (egeneto) = came/was.
The thread — The identical darkness event is recorded in Matthew 27:45 and Luke 23:44, and is structurally tied to the prophetic declaration in Amos 8:9.
Why it lands — The text first records a literal suspension of daylight that precedes Jesus’ final cry, then requires the reader to acknowledge the deliberate narrative alignment with the Amos oracle and the parallel Gospel accounts.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
Cross-references
- Matthew 27:45 From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.
- Amos 8:9 And in that day, declares the Lord GOD, I will make the sun go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the daytime.
- Luke 23:44 It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over all the land until the ninth hour.
- Mark 15:25 It was the third hour when they crucified Him.
- Isaiah 50:3 I clothe the heavens in black and make sackcloth their covering.”
- Psalms 105:28 He sent darkness, and it became dark—yet they defied His words.