LUKE 23:44 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.”
It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon — about noon: the crucifixion has been ongoing since nine in the morning (Mark 15:25). Darkness over the whole land from noon to three: the Amos 8:9 sign (I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight) as the cosmic response to the crucifixion.
Church Fathers on Luke 23:44
As soon as the Lord of all had been given up to be crucified, the whole framework of the world bewailed its rightful Master, and the light was darkened at mid-day, which was a manifest token that the souls of those who crucified Him would suffer darkness.
What is here said of the darkness, the other two Evangelists, Matthew and Mark confirm, but St. Luke adds the cause whence the darkness arose, saying, And the sun was darkened.
This miracle then took place that it might be made known, that He who had undergone death was the Ruler of the whole creation.
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