Luke 23:45

45 [because] [the light] of the sun failed. And the curtain of the temple was torn apart [down] the middle.

Luke 23:45 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 23:45

And the sun was darkened
There was an eclipse of it, which was preternatural, it being now full moon, and lasted three hours, and so total, as to darken the whole earth; and now was the prophecy in ( Amos 8:9 ) literally fulfilled: and the vail of the temple was rent in the midst. The Persic version renders it, "the gate of the temple"; and so the Syriac version, "the face of the gate of the temple"; (See Gill on Matthew 27:51).

Luke 23:45 In-Context

43 And he said to him, "Truly I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise."

44 And by this time it was about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour

45 [because] [the light] of the sun failed. And the curtain of the temple was torn apart [down] the middle.

46 And Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, "Father, into your hands I entrust my spirit!" And [after he] said this, he expired.

47 Now [when] the centurion saw what had happened, he began to praise God, saying, "Certainly this man was righteous!"

Footnotes

• [a]. *Here "[because]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("failed") which is understood as causal