Matthew 27:45

Now from noon until three, ¹  darkness came over all the land. ² 

From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.

Now from the sixth hour darkness fell upon all the land until the ninth hour.

At noon, darkness fell across the whole land until three o’clock.

From noon to three, the whole earth was dark.

Now from the sixth hour it was dark over all the land till the ninth hour.

From noon on, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.

Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land.

Now from noon until three, ¹  darkness came over all the land. ² 

¹ tn Grk “from the sixth hour to the ninth hour.”

² sn This imagery has parallels to the Day of the Lord: Joel 2:10; Amos 8:9; Zeph 1:15.