Exodus 13 & 14, Matthew 27: 45-66, Psalm 28
Matthew 27: 45 (ESV)
“Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the
land until the ninth hour.”
Verse 45 from Matthew is a description of what was happening
I the sky while Jesus was on the cross and dying. I’ve always found this verse
so interesting. At first I thought that maybe there had been an eclipse that
had happened while Jesus was dying on the cross. But as I was reading through
several Bible commentaries, I found out there was not a natural eclipse of the
sun. Jeus was on the cross for about 6 hours from 9 am in the morning until 3
pm in the afternoon. The darkness happened from 12 noon till about 3 pm, which
is much longer than other eclipses. Bible scholars have noted that the darkness
happened during a full moon, and it is said that it would be impossible for
there to be a natural eclipse of the sun. I love how this darkness could be
considered a miracle of sorts, and I am sure it seemed that way to the people
who were watching Jesus die on the cross. It must have seemed as if the world
itself was in agony when the sky darkened. If the sky getting dark wasn’t a
sure sign that Jesus was the son of God, there would be more to come. But I love
how the sky darkening reflected the agony that the followers of Jesus must have
felt as they watched him dying on the cross.
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