Matthew 27:45

Contemporary English Version 1995

At noon the sky turned dark and stayed that way until three o'clock.

Cross References

Amos 8:9

On that day, I, the Lord God, will make the sun go down at noon, and I will turn daylight into darkness.

Isaiah 50:3

I make the sky turn dark like the sackcloth you wear at funerals.”

Revelation 9:2

As it opened the tunnel, smoke poured out like the smoke of a great furnace. The sun and the air turned dark because of the smoke.

Mark 15:25

It was about nine o'clock in the morning when they nailed him to the cross.

Revelation 8:12

When the fourth angel blew his trumpet, a third of the sun, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars were struck. They each lost a third of their light. So during a third of the day there was no light, and a third of the night was also without light.

John 19:14

It was about noon on the day before Passover, and Pilate said to the crowd, “Look at your king!”

Acts 3:1

The time of prayer was about three o'clock in the afternoon, and Peter and John were going into the temple.