It was nine o’clock in the morning when they crucified Jesus.
It was about noon on Preparation Day of Passover week. Pilate said to the crowd, “Here is your king!”
At noon the whole country became dark, and the darkness lasted for three hours.
These people are not drunk, as you think; it is only nine o’clock in the morning!
It was about noon, and the whole land became dark until three o’clock in the afternoon,
At three o’clock Jesus cried in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani.” This means, “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?”