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  • Luke 23:44
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 44 Well, by now it was about the sixth hour,* and yet a darkness fell over all the land until the ninth hour,*+

  • Luke 23:44
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 44 Καὶ And ἦν was ἤδη already ὡσεὶ as if ὥρα hour ἕκτη sixth καὶ and σκότος darkness ἐγένετο occurred ἐφ’ upon ὅλην whole τὴν the γῆν earth ἕως until ὥρας hour ἐνάτης ninth

  • Luke 23:44
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 44 Well, by now it was about the sixth hour, and yet a darkness fell over all the earth until the ninth hour,*+

  • Luke 23:44
    The Bible in Living English
    • 44 And it was now about twelve o’clock, and there came a darkness all over the land till three,

  • Luke 23:44
    American Standard Version
    • 44 And it was now about the sixth hour, and a darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour,

  • Luke 23:44
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 44 And it was already about the sixth hour, and darkness came upon the whole land until the ninth hour,—

  • Luke 23:44
    King James Version
    • 44 And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.

  • Luke
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025
    • 23:44 ijwia article 6; it-1 669; it-2 1043; jy 300; w08 3/15 32; w91 2/15 8; gt chapter 126

  • Luke
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 23:44 ad 1559; w65 735; ns 262

  • Luke
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 23:44

      Imitate Their Faith, article 6

      Insight, Volume 1, pp. 669-670

      Insight, Volume 2, p. 1043

      Jesus—The Way, p. 300

      The Watchtower,

      3/15/2008, p. 32

      2/15/1991, p. 8

  • Luke Study Notes—Chapter 23
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 23:44

      about the sixth hour: That is, about 12:00 noon.​—See study note on Mt 20:3.

      a darkness: This darkness was miraculous, caused by God. It could not have been caused by a solar eclipse, which occurs at the time of the new moon. This was Passover season, so the moon was full. And the darkness lasted for three hours, far longer than the longest possible total eclipse, which lasts less than eight minutes. Here in Luke’s account, the observation that “the sunlight failed” is included.​—Lu 23:45.

      the ninth hour: That is, about 3:00 p.m.​—See study note on Mt 20:3.

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