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 p.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." AT: "God tore the temple curtain into two pieces" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)