19 lines
675 B
Markdown
19 lines
675 B
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## It was now about the sixth hour ##
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"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]])
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## darkness came over the entire land ##
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"the entire land became dark"
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## until the ninth hour ##
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"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]])
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## the curtain of the temple ##
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"the curtain inside the temple"
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## was torn in the middle ##
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"tore (or split) to become two pieces." This could be translated as "God tore the temple curtain into two pieces." |