And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
Here we have an account of Christ's dying, how his enemies abused him, and God honoured him at his death. I. There was a thick darkness over the whole land (some think over the whole earth), for three hours, from noon till three of the clock.
Commenting on Mark 15:33-41
And one ran and filled a sponge full of vinegar,.... Christ at the same time saying, I thirst; see Joh 19:28; and put it on a reed; an hyssop stalk, Joh 19:29; and gave him to drink; and so fulfilled a prophecy in Psa 69:21; saying, or "they said", as the Syriac version reads it; not he that fetched the sponge, but the others that...
And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. (6) How angry God was against our sins, which he punished in his son who is our sure substitute, is made evident by this horrible darkness.