King James Version (KJV)
Matthew 27:45
“Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.”
Verse in context — Matthew 27
43
He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
44
The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.
45
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
46
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?
47
Some of them that stood there, when they heard [that], said, This [man] calleth for Elias.
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