Matthew 27:45

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

From noon until three in the afternoon, darkness came over all the land.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀπὸ δὲ ἕκτης ὥρας σκότος ἐγένετο ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν ἕως ὥρας ἐνάτης.

Transliteration

From but sixth hōras skotos egeneto upon all the gēn until hōras ninth.

Grammar Details

• *hōras*: genitive, feminine, singular - hour
• *skotos*: nominative, neuter, singular - darkness
• *egeneto*: aorist middle indicative, 3rd singular - became/happened
• *gēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - land/earth

Word Meanings

• *hōras*: hour [ninth hour = 3pm in Jewish reckoning]
• *skotos*: darkness/gloom/obscurity
• *egeneto*: became/happened/came to be
• *gēn*: land/earth/region [could refer to all earth or just the local area]

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV1611 – Modern English

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

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  From the sixte houre was there dercknes over all the londe vnto the nynth houre.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And from ye sixte houre there was darcknes ouer the whole earth vnto the nyenth houre.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Now from ye sixt houre was there darkenesse ouer all the land, vnto the ninth houre.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Fro the sixth houre, was there darknesse ouer all the lande, vnto the nynth houre.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Now from the sixth hour{noon} there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.{3:00 P. M.}

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And from the sixth hour darkness came over all the land unto the ninth hour,

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Now from the sixth hour it was dark over all the land till the ninth hour.

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Jesus’ Death Now from noon until three, darkness came over all the land.

Referenced Verses

• Amos 8:9 : 9 'On that day,' declares the Lord God, 'I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight.'
• Luke 23:44-45 : 44 It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour. 45 The sun was darkened, and the curtain of the temple was torn in two.
• Mark 15:25 : 25 It was nine in the morning when they crucified Him.
• Mark 15:33-34 : 33 When it was noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. 34 And at three in the afternoon, Jesus cried out with a loud voice, 'Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?' (which means, 'My God, my God, why have You forsaken Me?').
• Rev 8:12 : 12 The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them went dark. A third of the day did not shine, and likewise, the night.
• Rev 9:2 : 2 He opened the shaft of the abyss, and smoke rose out of the shaft like the smoke of a great furnace. The sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the shaft.
• Isa 50:3 : 3 I clothe the heavens with darkness and make sackcloth their covering.