Matthew 27:45

New American Bible - revised edition

From noon onward, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.

Cross References

Isaiah 50:3

I clothe the heavens in black, and make sackcloth their covering.

Amos 8:9

On that day—oracle of the Lord God— I will make the sun set at midday and in broad daylight cover the land with darkness.

Mark 15:25

It was nine o’clock in the morning when they crucified him.

John 19:14

It was preparation day for Passover, and it was about noon. And he said to the Jews, “Behold, your king!”

Acts 3:1

Now Peter and John were going up to the temple area for the three o’clock hour of prayer.

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, so that a third of them became dark. The day lost its light for a third of the time, as did the night.

Revelation 9:2

It opened the passage to the abyss, and smoke came up out of the passage like smoke from a huge furnace. The sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the passage.