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Luke 23:45 KJV
Luke · chapter 23 · verse 45
And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.Luke 23:45 · King James Version
Luke 23:45 in context
43And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
44And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
45And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.
46And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.
47Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.
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- darkenedskotizōto cover with darkness, to darken, to be covered with darkness, be darkened, of heavenly…G4654 →
- templenaosused of the temple at Jerusalem, but only of the sacred edifice itself, consisting of the…G3485 →
- veilkatapetasmaa veil spread out, a curtain, the name given to the two curtains in the temple at…G2665 →
- rentschizōto cleave, cleave asunder, rend, to divide by rending, to split into factions, be dividedG4977 →
- sunhēliosthe sun, the rays of the sun, the light of dayG2246 →
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In these verses we have three things: - I. Christ's dying magnified by the prodigies that attended it: only two are here mentioned, which we had an account of before. 1. The darkening of the sun at noon-day. It was now about the sixth hour, that is, according to our computation, twelve o'clock at noon;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 44-49