15:33 Now 1 when it was noon, 2 darkness came over the whole land 3 until three in the afternoon. 4
1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.
2 tn Grk “When the sixth hour had come.”
3 sn This imagery has parallels to the Day of the Lord: Joel 2:10; Amos 8:9; Zeph 1:15.
4 tn Grk “until the ninth hour.”