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Mark 15:33 — King James Version← Study notes

And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.


Mark 15:33Greek Interlinear

Greek · Mark 15:3313 words
GreekMeaning
ΚαὶKai
and / alsowordG2532
γενομένηςgenomenēs
when was arrivingverbG1096
ὥραςhōras
the hournounG5610
ἕκτηςhektēs
but, except(-ed), other thanadjectiveG1622
σκότοςskotos
darknessnounG4655
ἐγένετοegeneto
cameverbG1096
ἐφ’eph’
overprepositionG1909
ὅληνholēn
alladjectiveG3650
τὴνtēn
thearticleG3588
γῆνgēn
landnounG1093
ἕωςheōs
untilprepositionG2193
ὥραςhōras
the hournounG5610
ἐνάτηςenatēs
sixthadjectiveG1623
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Mark 15:33

This most glorious light took away its rays from the world, lest it should see the Lord hanging, and lest the blasphemers should have the benefit of its light.

Bede · 8th century

Luke added to this account the cause of the darkness, that is, the darkening of the sun.

Augustine · 4th century · de. Con. Evan. 3, 17

If this had been the time for an eclipse, some one might have said that this which happened was natural, but it was the fourteenth moon, when no eclipse can take place.

Theophylact · 11th century
Read all 11 entries in the readerCatena Aurea · St. Thomas Aquinas, tr. J. H. Newman · public domain
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