King James Version
Matthew 27:45 in the King James Version says “Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.” — study this verse from Matthew chapter 27 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.”
Matthew 27:45 · KJV
He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said , This man calleth for Elias.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“from”
G575"off," i.e., away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)
“there was”
G1096to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
“over”
G1909properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of re
“the land”
G1093soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe (including the occupants in each application)
“unto”
G2193a conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance, until (of time and place)
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