Berean Standard Bible
45From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.
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Matthew 27:45
The Wooden Pole
From the sixth hour, darkness came over all the land until the ninth hour.
The word γῆν (gēn) can mean either "land" or "earth"; "land" is preferred here as it more naturally refers to the localised region rather than the entire planet, preserving the geographic specificity of the event. The verb ἐγένετο (egeneto) means "came to be" or "came over," rendered as "came over" to convey the onset of the darkness. Standard rendering otherwise from the source text.
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King James Version
45Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
Goodspeed New Testament
45Now from noon there was darkness over the whole country until three o’clock.
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T4T was designed as a tool for Bible translators, not as a devotional text. It makes implicit meaning explicit and flags figurative language with abbreviations. Gold [brackets] indicate translation notes. ◄Triangles► mark alternative renderings.Read more about how to read T4T →45At noon it became dark over the whole land. It stayed dark until three o’clock in the afternoon.
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45
From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.
Now from noon there was darkness over the whole country until three o’clock.
Berean Standard Bible
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King James Version
45
From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.
Now from noon there was darkness over the whole country until three o’clock.
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
SBL
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Ἀπὸ from ἀπό apó a primary particle; off, i.e. away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or fig δὲ and δέ dé a primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc. also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in Eng ἕκτης sixth ἕκτος héktos ordinal from G1803 (ἕξ); sixth sixth ὥρας hour ὥρα hṓra apparently a primary word; an hour (literally or figuratively) day, hour, instant, season, X short, (even-)tide, (high) σκότος darkness σκότος skótos from the base of G4639 (σκιά); shadiness, i.e. obscurity (literally or figuratively) darkness ἐγένετο come into being γίνομαι gínomai a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be (gen-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come i ἐπὶ on ἐπί epí a primary preposition; properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (w πᾶσαν all πᾶς pâs including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole all (manner of, means), alw τὴν the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, γῆν earth γῆ gē contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe (includ ἕως until ἕως héōs a conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance, until (of time and place) even (until, unto), (as) far (as), how l ὥρας hour ὥρα hṓra apparently a primary word; an hour (literally or figuratively) day, hour, instant, season, X short, (even-)tide, (high) ἐνάτης ninth ἔννατος énnatos ordinal from G1767 (ἐννέα); ninth ninth .
From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.
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