Luke 23:44 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

Now when it was about twelve o’clock noon, darkness came over all the land until three o’clock in the afternoon, for

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

It was now about the sixth hour (midday), and darkness enveloped the whole land and earth until the ninth hour (about three o'clock in the afternoon),

American Standard Version (1901)

And it was now about the sixth hour, and a darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour,

Common English Bible

It was now about noon, and darkness covered the whole earth until about three o’clock,

Catholic Public Domain Version

Now it was nearly the sixth hour, and a darkness occurred over the entire earth, until the ninth hour.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And it was almost the sixth hour; and there was darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.

Luke 23:44 Cross References

Matthew 27:45

Now from noon until three o’clock in the afternoon there was darkness over all the land.

Matthew 27:52

Graves opened up and the bodies of many dead saints [i.e., God’s holy people] were raised up [from the dead].

Mark 15:39

And when the military officer in charge of one hundred men, who was standing in front of Jesus, saw Him die like that, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God.”

John 19:14

Now it was about six o’clock in the morning [Note: This was according to Roman time, but if Jewish time were meant, it would have been 12 noon] on the Day of Preparation for the Passover Festival. [Note: This would be the day before the Passover Festival]. And Pilate said to the Jews, “Look, [here is] your king!”

Acts 2:20

[In that day] the sun will become dark and the moon will [appear] as blood. [This will all happen] before the great and wonderful day when the Lord comes. [Note: Some view these last two verses as a reference to events occurring at the end of time. See Matt. 24:29-30].