Luke 23:44

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And it was now about the sixth hour; and all the land was dark till the ninth hour;

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  • Amos 8:9 : 9 And it will come about in that day, says the Lord God, that I will make the sun go down in the middle of the day, and I will make the earth dark in daylight:
  • Matt 27:45 : 45 Now from the sixth hour it was dark over all the land till the ninth hour.
  • Acts 2:20 : 20 The sun will become dark and the moon will be turned to blood, before that great day of the Lord comes in glory:
  • Matt 27:52 : 52 And the resting-places of the dead came open; and the bodies of a number of sleeping saints came to life;
  • Mark 15:33-34 : 33 And when the sixth hour had come, it was dark over all the land till the ninth hour. 34 And at the ninth hour, Jesus said in a loud voice, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, My God, my God, why are you turned away from me?
  • Mark 15:39 : 39 And when the captain, who was near, saw how he gave up his spirit, he said, Truly this man was a son of God.
  • John 19:14 : 14 (It was the day when they made ready for the Passover; and it was about the sixth hour.) And he said to the Jews, There is your King!
  • Hab 3:8-9 : 8 Was your wrath burning against the rivers? were you angry with the sea, that you went on your horses, on your war-carriages of salvation? 9 Your bow was quite uncovered. Selah. By you the earth was cut through with rivers. 10 The mountains saw you and were moved with fear; the clouds were streaming with water: the voice of the deep was sounding; the sun did not come up, and the moon kept still in her place. 11 At the light of your arrows they went away, at the shining of your polished spear.
  • Exod 10:21-23 : 21 And the Lord said to Moses, Let your hand be stretched out to heaven, and all the land of Egypt will be dark, so that men will be feeling their way about in the dark. 22 And when Moses' hand was stretched out, dark night came over all the land of Egypt for three days; 23 They were not able to see one another, and no one got up from his place for three days: but where the children of Israel were living it was light.
  • Ps 105:28 : 28 He sent black night and made it dark; and they did not go against his word.
  • Amos 5:18 : 18 Sorrow to you who are looking for the day of the Lord! what is the day of the Lord to you? it is dark and not light.

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