Key Verse Spotlight
Mark 15:33 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.”
Mark 15:33
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save.
Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled him.
And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
And some of them that stood by, when they heard {it}, said, Behold, he calleth Elias.
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