en_tn/luk/23/44.md

It was now about the sixth hour

"When it was about noon." This reflects the custom at the time of counting hours beginning with daybreak at 6 a.m. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/biblicaltime)

darkness came over the entire land

"the entire land became dark"

until the ninth hour

"until 3 a.m." This reflects the custom at the time of counting hours beginning with daybreak at 6 a.m. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/biblicaltime)

the curtain of the temple

"the curtain inside the temple"

was torn in the middle

"tore (or split) to become two pieces." This could be translated as "God tore the temple curtain into two pieces."