Matthew 27:45

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Amos 8:9 : 9 In that day,” says the Sovereign LORD,“I will make the sun set at noon, and make the earth dark in the middle of the day.
  • Luke 23:44-45 : 44 It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon, 45 because the sun’s light failed. The temple curtain was torn in two.
  • Mark 15:25 : 25 It was nine o’clock in the morning when they crucified him.
  • Mark 15:33-34 : 33 Jesus’ Death Now when it was noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. 34 Around three o’clock Jesus cried out with a loud voice,“Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means,“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
  • Rev 8:12 : 12 Then the fourth angel blew his trumpet, 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 were darkened. And there was no light for a third of the day and for a third of the night likewise.
  • Rev 9:2 : 2 He opened the shaft of the abyss and smoke rose out of it like smoke from a giant furnace. The sun and the air were darkened with smoke from the shaft.
  • Isa 50:3 : 3 I can clothe the sky in darkness; I can cover it with sackcloth.”

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    32 Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down from the cross now, that we may see and believe!” Those who were crucified with him also spoke abusively to him.

    33 Jesus’ Death Now when it was noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.

    34 Around three o’clock Jesus cried out with a loud voice,“Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means,“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

    35 When some of the bystanders heard it they said,“Listen, he is calling for Elijah!”

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    44 It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon,

    45 because the sun’s light failed. The temple curtain was torn in two.

    46 Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said,“Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” And after he said this he breathed his last.

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    46 At about three o’clock Jesus shouted with a loud voice,“Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is,“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

    47 When some of the bystanders heard it, they said,“This man is calling for Elijah.”

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    25 It was nine o’clock in the morning when they crucified him.

    26 The inscription of the charge against him read,“The king of the Jews.”

    27 And they crucified two outlaws with him, one on his right and one on his left.

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    37 But Jesus cried out with a loud voice and breathed his last.

    38 And the temple curtain was torn in two, from top to bottom.

    39 Now when the centurion, who stood in front of him, saw how he died, he said,“Truly this man was God’s Son!”

  • 24 The Arrival of the Son of Man“But in those days, after that suffering, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light;

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    43 He trusts in God– let God, if he wants to, deliver him now because he said,‘I am God’s Son’!”

    44 The robbers who were crucified with him also spoke abusively to him.

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    50 Then Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and gave up his spirit.

    51 Just then the temple curtain was torn in two, from top to bottom. The earth shook and the rocks were split apart.

  • Ps 22:1-2
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    1 For the music director; according to the tune“Morning Doe;” a psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? I groan in prayer, but help seems far away.

    2 My God, I cry out during the day, but you do not answer, and during the night my prayers do not let up.

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    21 The Ninth Blow: Darkness The LORD said to Moses,“Extend your hand toward heaven so that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness so thick it can be felt.”

    22 So Moses extended his hand toward heaven, and there was absolute darkness throughout the land of Egypt for three days.

  • 15 The sun and moon are darkened; the stars withhold their brightness.

  • 9 In that day,” says the Sovereign LORD,“I will make the sun set at noon, and make the earth dark in the middle of the day.

  • 54 Now when the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and what took place, they were extremely terrified and said,“Truly this one was God’s Son!”

  • 22 to the land of utter darkness, like the deepest darkness, and the deepest shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”

  • Job 3:4-5
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    4 That day– let it be darkness; let not God on high regard it, nor let light shine on it!

    5 Let darkness and the deepest shadow claim it; let a cloud settle on it; let whatever blackens the day terrify it!

  • 12 These men change night into day; they say,‘The light is near in the face of darkness.’

  • 12 Then I looked when the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and a huge earthquake took place; the sun became as black as sackcloth made of hair, and the full moon became blood red;

  • 22 When one looks out over the land, he sees distress and darkness, gloom and anxiety, darkness and people forced from the land.

  • 5 So they went. When he went out again about noon and three o’clock that afternoon, he did the same thing.

  • 29 The Arrival of the Son of Man“Immediately after the suffering of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken.

  • 53 Day after day when I was with you in the temple courts, you did not arrest me. But this is your hour, and that of the power of darkness!”

  • 40 and saying,“You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! If you are God’s Son, come down from the cross!”

  • 14 They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope about in the noontime as if it were night.

  • 16 the people who sit in darkness have seen a great light, and on those who sit in the region and shadow of death a light has dawned.”

  • 14 (Now it was the day of preparation for the Passover, about noon.) Pilate said to the Jewish leaders,“Look, here is your king!”

  • 3 Certainly my enemies chase me. They smash me into the ground. They force me to live in dark regions, like those who have been dead for ages.

  • 38 Then two outlaws were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left.

  • 6 On that day there will be no light– the sources of light in the heavens will congeal.

  • 10 Indeed the stars in the sky and their constellations no longer give out their light; the sun is darkened as soon as it rises, and the moon does not shine.

  • 9 Let its morning stars be darkened; let it wait for daylight but find none, nor let it see the first rays of dawn,

  • 30 At that time they will growl over their prey, it will sound like sea waves crashing against rocks. One will look out over the land and see the darkness of disaster, clouds will turn the light into darkness.

  • 20 The sun will be changed to darkness and the moon to blood before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.

  • 20 Don’t you realize the LORD’s day of judgment will bring darkness, not light– gloomy blackness, not bright light?

  • 27 “Now my soul is greatly distressed. And what should I say?‘Father, deliver me from this hour’? No, but for this very reason I have come to this hour.