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-# Connecting Statement:
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-At noon darkness covers the whole land until three o'clock, when Jesus cries out with a loud voice and dies. When Jesus dies, the temple curtain rips from the top to the bottom.
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 # the sixth hour
 
 This refers to noon or 12 p.m.