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ULTAnd it was already about the sixth hour, and darkness happened over the whole land until the ninth hour.
USTBy then it was about noontime. But it became dark throughout that whole area until three o’clock in the afternoon.
BSB § It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over all the land until the ninth hour.[fn]
23:44That is, from noon until three in the afternoon
BLBAnd now it was about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.
AICNTAnd it was [already][fn] about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour,
23:44,already: 𝔓75 B(03) C(04) NA28 SBLGNT THGNT ‖ Absent from some manuscripts. ℵ(01) A(02) D(05) W(032) Latin(a b e ff2) Syriac(sys syc syp) BYZ TR
OEBIt was nearly midday, when a darkness came over the whole country, lasting until three in the afternoon,
WEBBEIt was now about the sixth hour,[fn] and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.[fn]
23:44Time was counted from sunrise, so the sixth hour was about noon.
WymthIt was now about noon, and a darkness came over the whole country till three o'clock in the afternoon.
ASVAnd it was now about the sixth hour, and a darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour,
DRAAnd it was almost the sixth hour; and there was darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
YLTAnd it was, as it were, the sixth hour, and darkness came over all the land till the ninth hour,
DrbyAnd it was about [the] sixth hour, and there came darkness over the whole land until [the] ninth hour.
RVAnd it was now about the sixth hour, and a darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour,
WbstrAnd it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
KJB-1769And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
KJB-1611[fn]And it was about the sixt houre, and there was a darkenesse ouer all the earth, vntill the ninth houre. (And it was about the sixth houre, and there was a darkness over all the earth, until the ninth houre.)
BshpsAnd it was about the sixt houre: and there was a darknesse ouer al the earth vntyll the ninth houre. (And it was about the sixth houre: and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth houre.)
GnvaAnd it was about the sixt houre: and there was a darkenes ouer all the land, vntill the ninth houre. (And it was about the sixth houre: and there was a darkness over all the land, until the ninth houre. )
CvdlAnd it was aboute the sixte houre, and there was darknesse ouer ye whole londe vntyll the nyenth houre. (And it was about the sixth houre, and there was darkness over ye/you_all whole land until the ninth houre.)
TNTAnd it was about the sixt houre. And ther came a darcknes over all the londe vntyll the nynth houre (And it was about the sixth houre. And there came a darkness over all the land until the ninth hour )
WyclAnd it was almest the sixte our, and derknessis weren maad in al the erthe `in to the nynthe our. (And it was almest the sixth our, and darkness were made in all the earth `in to the ninth hour.)
LuthUnd es war um die sechste Stunde. Und es ward eine Finsternis über das ganze Land bis an die neunte Stunde. (And it what/which around/by/for the sechste Stunde. And it what/which one darkness above the ganze Land until at the neunte Stunde.)
ClVgErat autem fere hora sexta, et tenebræ factæ sunt in universam terram usque ad horam nonam.[fn] (Erat however fere hora sexta, and tenebræ factæ are in the_whole the_earth/land until to horam nonam. )
23.44Et tenebræ, etc. Sol retraxit radios ne aut pendentem videret Dominum, aut ne impii blasphemantes sua luce fruerentur. Et nota quod sexta hora, id est sole recessuro a centro mundi, crucifigitur; diluculo, id est oriente sole, resurgit, quia mortuus est propter peccata nostra, et resurrexit propter justificationem nostram Rom. 18.. Adam peccante post meridiem, id est inclinata luce fidei, vox Domini auditur, eodem igitur temporis articulo, quo tunc peccanti Adæ obcluserat, nunc latroni pœnitenti Dominus paradisum reserat.
23.44And tenebræ, etc. Sol retraxit radios not aut pendentem videret Dominum, aut not impii blasphemantes his_own luce fruerentur. And nota that sexta hora, id it_is sole recessuro from centro mundi, crucifigitur; diluculo, id it_is oriente sole, resurgit, because mortuus it_is propter sins nostra, and resurrexit propter justificationem nostram Rom. 18.. Adam peccante after meridiem, id it_is inclinata luce of_faith, voice Master auditur, eodem igitur temporis articulo, quo tunc peccanti Adæ obcluserat, now latroni pœnitenti Master paradisum reserat.
Luke uses this phrase to introduce background information that will help readers understand what happens next. He explains that it was about noon so that readers will appreciate how extraordinary it was that the entire sky became dark. Alternate translation: “Now by this time it was”
ὡσεὶ ὥρα ἕκτη
about /the/_hour sixth
In this culture, people began counting the hours each day beginning around daybreak at six o’clock in the morning. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this in the way the people of your culture reckon time. Alternate translation: “about noon”
If you decide to translate this in the way that the biblical culture reckoned time, but your language does not use ordinal numbers, you can use a cardinal number here. Alternate translation: “around hour six”
σκότος ἐγένετο ἐφ’ ὅλην τὴν γῆν
darkness became over all the land
The term translated as land could refer to: (1) a particular area. Alternate translation, as in UST: “it became dark throughout that whole area” (2) the earth. Alternate translation: “darkness covered the entire earth”
This could also be a figurative reference to the sky, since it is over the land. Alternate translation: “the entire sky became dark”
ἕως ὥρας ἐνάτης
until /the/_hour ninth
This phrase also expresses the way people in this culture began counting the hours each day beginning around daybreak at six o’clock in the morning. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this in the way the people of your culture reckon time. Alternate translation: “until three o’clock in the afternoon”
If you decide to translate this in the way that the biblical culture reckoned time, but your language does not use ordinal numbers, you can use a cardinal number here. Alternate translation: “until hour nine”
On the Thursday before he was crucified, Jesus had arranged to share the Passover meal with his disciples in an upper room, traditionally thought to be located in the Essene Quarter of Jerusalem. After they finished the meal, they went to the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus often met with his disciples. There Judas Iscariot, one of Jesus’ own disciples, betrayed him to soldiers sent from the High Priest, and they took Jesus to the High Priest’s residence. In the morning the leading priests and teachers of the law put Jesus on trial and found him guilty of blasphemy. The council sent Jesus to stand trial for treason before the Roman governor Pontius Pilate, who resided at the Praetorium while in Jerusalem. The Praetorium was likely located at the former residence of Herod the Great, who had died over 30 years earlier. When Pilate learned that Jesus was from Galilee, he sent him to Herod Antipas, who had jurisdiction over Galilee. But when Jesus gave no answer to Herod’s many questions, Herod and his soldiers sent him back to Pilate, who conceded to the people’s demands that Jesus be crucified. Jesus was forced to carry his cross out of the city gate to Golgotha, meaning Skull Hill, referring to what may have been a small unquarried hill in the middle of an old quarry just outside the gate. After Jesus was unable to carry his cross any further, a man named Simon from Cyrene was forced to carry it for him. There at Golgotha they crucified Jesus. After Jesus died, his body was hurriedly taken down before nightfall and placed in a newly cut, rock tomb owned by Joseph of Arimathea, a member of the Jewish high council. This tomb was likely located at the perimeter of the old quarry.
