Matthew 27:45

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

📖 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

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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 And it shall come to pass in that day, declares the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in broad daylight:
• Luke 23:44-45 : 44 And it was about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. 45 Then the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in two.
• Mark 15:25 : 25 And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.
• Mark 15:33-34 : 33 And when the sixth hour came, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. 34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, translated, My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
• Rev 8:12 : 12 And the fourth angel sounded, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars; so that a third of them was darkened, and the day did not shine for a third of it, and the night likewise.
• Rev 9:2 : 2 And he opened the bottomless pit, and smoke arose from the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke of the pit.
• Isa 50:3 : 3 I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.