Matthew 27:45

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Stable, longstanding scholarly text

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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Amos 8:9 : 9 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord Jehovah, 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 : 44 And it was now about the sixth hour, and a darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour, 45 the sun's light failing: and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.
Mark 15:25 : 25 And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.
Mark 15:33-34 : 33 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, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
Rev 8:12 : 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; that the third part of them should be darkened, and the day should not shine for the third part of it, and the night in like manner.
Rev 9:2 : 2 And he opened the pit of the abyss; and there went up 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.
Isa 50:3 : 3 I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Mark 15:32-35
4 verses
94%
32Let the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reproached him.
33And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
34And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
35And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elijah.
Luke 23:44-46
3 verses
92%
44And it was now about the sixth hour, and a darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour,
45the sun's light failing: and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.
46And Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said this, he gave up the ghost.
Matt 27:46-47
2 verses
81%
46And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
47And some of them stood there, when they heard it, said, This man calleth Elijah.
Mark 15:25-27
3 verses
75%
25And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.
26And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
27And with him they crucify two robbers; one on his right hand, and one on his left.
Mark 15:37-39
3 verses
74%
37And Jesus uttered a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.
38And the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom.
39And when the centurion, who stood by over against him, saw that he so gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.
Mark 13:24
73%
24But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
Matt 27:43-44
2 verses
73%
43He trusteth on God; let him deliver him now, if he desireth him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
44And the robbers also that were crucified with him cast upon him the same reproach.
Matt 27:50-51
2 verses
72%
50And Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit.
51And behold, the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake; and the rocks were rent;
Ps 22:1-2
2 verses
72%
1For the Chief Musician; set to Aijeleth hash-Shahar. A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [Why art thou so] far from helping me, [and from] the words of my groaning?
2O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest not; And in the night season, and am not silent.
Exod 10:21-22
2 verses
71%
21And Jehovah said unto Moses, Stretch out thy hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.
22And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days;
Joel 3:15
71%
15The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
Amos 8:9
70%
9And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord Jehovah, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day.
Matt 27:54
69%
54Now the centurion, and they that were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake, and the things that were done, feared exceedingly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.
Job 10:22
69%
22The land dark as midnight, [The land] of the shadow of death, without any order, And where the light is as midnight.
Job 3:4-5
2 verses
69%
4Let that day be darkness; Let not God from above seek for it, Neither let the light shine upon it.
5Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own; Let a cloud dwell upon it; Let all that maketh black the day terrify it.
Job 17:12
69%
12They change the night into day: The light, [say they], is near unto the darkness.
Rev 6:12
69%
12And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and {G2400} there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the whole moon became as blood;
Isa 8:22
68%
22and they shall look unto the earth, and behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and into thick darkness [they shall be] driven away.
Matt 20:5
68%
5Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise.
Matt 24:29
68%
29But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
Luke 22:53
68%
53When I was daily {G2596} with you in the temple, ye stretched not forth your hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.
Matt 27:40
67%
40and saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself: if thou art the Son of God, come down from the cross.
Job 5:14
67%
14They meet with darkness in the day-time, And grope at noonday as in the night.
Matt 4:16
67%
16the people that sat in darkness saw a great light, and to them that sat in the region and shadow of death, to them did light spring up.
John 19:14
67%
14Now it was the Preparation of the passover: it was about the sixth hour. And he saith unto the Jews, Behold, your King!
Ps 143:3
66%
3For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; He hath smitten my life down to the ground: He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
Matt 27:38
66%
38Then are there crucified with him two robbers, one on the right hand and one on the left.
Zech 14:6
66%
6And it shall come to pass in that day, that there shall not be light; the bright ones shall withdraw themselves:
Isa 13:10
66%
10For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light; the sun shall be darkened in its going forth, and the moon shall not cause its light to shine.
Job 3:9
66%
9Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark: Let it look for light, but have none; Neither let it behold the eyelids of the morning:
Isa 5:30
66%
30And they shall roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold, darkness and distress; and the light is darkened in the clouds thereof.
Acts 2:20
66%
20The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the day of the Lord come, That great and notable [day].
Amos 5:20
66%
20Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
John 12:27
66%
27Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour. But for this cause came I unto this hour.