Mark 15:33

Jesus Dies on the Cross

33 And [when] the sixth hour came, darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.

Mark 15:33 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 15:33

And when the sixth hour was come
Or twelve o'clock at noon, having hung upon the cross from about the third hour, or nine in the morning:

there was darkness over the, whole land until the ninth hour;
or three o'clock in the afternoon. The Ethiopic version renders the whole thus, "and when it was noon, the sun was darkened, and the whole world was darkened until the ninth hour"; (See Gill on Matthew 27:45).

Mark 15:33 In-Context

31 In the same way also the chief priests, along with the scribes, were mocking [him] to one another, saying, "He saved others; he is not able to save himself!

32 Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and believe! Even those who were crucified with him were reviling him.

33 And [when] the sixth hour came, darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.

34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" (which is translated, "My God, my God, {why} have you forsaken me?")

35 And some of the bystanders, [when they] heard [it], said, "Behold, he is summoning Elijah!"

Footnotes

• [a]. *Here "[when]" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("came")