Treasury of Scripture
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Mark 15:25,33,34 And it was the third hour, and they crucified him...
Luke 23:44,45 And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour...
darkness. That this general darkness was wholly preternatural is evident from this, that it happened at the passover, which was celebrated only at the full moon, a time in which it was impossible for the sun to be eclipsed, natural eclipses happening only at the time of the new moon. (See Introduction to the Comprehensive Bible, p.59.)
Isaiah 50:3 I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.
Amos 8:9 And it shall come to pass in that day, said the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon...
Revelation 8:12 And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars...
Revelation 9:2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace...