It was now about noon, and the sun stopped shining and darkness covered the whole land until three o’clock. Then the temple curtain was torn in two as
From noon until three o’clock, the whole land was covered with darkness.
The sun will become dark, and the moon will turn red like blood. All this will happen before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.
and tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life.
It was about noon on Preparation Day of Passover Week. “Here is your king,” Pilate said to the Jews.
When the Roman commander who was standing there in front of Jesus saw how he died, he exclaimed, “Surely this man was the Son of God!”