Verse 44

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

Referenced Verses

  • Matt 27:45 : 45 Jesus’ Death Now from noon until three, darkness came over all the land.
  • 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.
  • Acts 2:20 : 20 The sun will be changed to darkness and the moon to blood before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
  • Hab 3:8-9 : 8 Was the LORD mad at the rivers? Were you angry with the rivers? Were you enraged at the sea? Such that you would climb into your horse-drawn chariots, your victorious chariots? 9 Your bow is ready for action; you commission your arrows. Selah. You cause flash floods on the earth’s surface. 10 When the mountains see you, they shake. The torrential downpour sweeps through. The great deep shouts out; it lifts its hands high. 11 The sun and moon stand still in their courses; the flash of your arrows drives them away, the bright light of your lightning-quick spear.
  • Matt 27:52 : 52 And tombs were opened, and the bodies of many saints who had died were raised.
  • 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?”
  • Mark 15:39 : 39 Now when the centurion, who stood in front of him, saw how he died, he said,“Truly this man was God’s Son!”
  • John 19:14 : 14 (Now it was the day of preparation for the Passover, about noon.) Pilate said to the Jewish leaders,“Look, here is your king!”
  • Exod 10:21-23 : 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. 23 No one could see another person, and no one could rise from his place for three days. But the Israelites had light in the places where they lived.
  • Ps 105:28 : 28 He made it dark; they did not disobey his orders.
  • Joel 2:31 : 31 The sunlight will be turned to darkness and the moon to the color of blood, before the day of the LORD comes– that great and terrible day!
  • Amos 5:18 : 18 The Lord Demands Justice Woe to those who wish for the day of the LORD! Why do you want the LORD’s day of judgment to come? It will bring darkness, not light.