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705 B
705 B
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)