It was nine o’clock in the morning when they crucified him.
From noon until three o’clock, the whole land was covered with darkness.
At noon, darkness covered the whole land. It lasted three hours.
At three o’clock in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” This means “My God, my God, why have you deserted me?” (Psalm 22:1)
It was now about noon. Then darkness covered the whole land until three o’clock.
It was about noon on Preparation Day in Passover Week. “Here is your king,” Pilate said to the Jews.
You think these people are drunk. But they aren’t. It’s only nine o’clock in the morning!