It was nine o’clock in the morning when they crucified him.
At noon, darkness fell across the whole land until three o’clock.
Then at three o’clock Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?”
By this time it was about noon, and darkness fell across the whole land until three o’clock.
It was now about noon on the day of preparation for the Passover. And Pilate said to the people, “Look, here is your king!”
These people are not drunk, as some of you are assuming. Nine o’clock in the morning is much too early for that.