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Luke 23:44–45

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44nNow it 3was about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. 45Then the sun was 4darkened, and othe veil of the temple was torn in 5two.

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Footnotes

  1. 3NU adds already
  2. 4NU obscured
  3. 5the middle

Cross references

  1. nAmos 8:9; Matt. 27:45–56; Mark 15:33–41
  2. oEx. 26:31–33; Zech. 11:10; Matt. 27:51; Mark 15:38; [Heb. 9:3; 10:19, 20]

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

It was now about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour, while the sun’s light failed. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon, for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three, because the sun’s light failed. The curtain of the sanctuary was split down the middle.

NLTNew Living Translation

By this time it was about noon, and darkness fell across the whole land until three o’clock. The light from the sun was gone. And suddenly, the curtain in the sanctuary of the Temple was torn down the middle.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And by this time it was about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour because the light of the sun failed. And the curtain of the temple was torn apart down the middle.

KJV 1900King James Version

And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.