It was nine in the morning when they crucified him.
It was the day of Preparation of the Passover; it was about noon. “Here is your king,” Pilate said to the Jews.
At noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.
These people are not drunk, as you suppose. It’s only nine in the morning!
It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon,
From noon until three in the afternoon darkness came over all the land.
And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”).
