"And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour." — Mark 15:33

Mark 15:33 · KJV

“And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.”

— Mark 15:33

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.

Verse 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 — Context

Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save.

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.

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?

And some of them that stood by, when they heard {it}, said, Behold, he calleth Elias.

Cross References

Matthew 27:45

Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.

Amos 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:

Luke 23:44-45

And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. {earth: or, land}

Mark 15:25

And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.

Isaiah 50:3-4

I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.

Psalms 105:28

He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.