NEW TESTAMENT

Luke 23:44

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It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.

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EXPLANATION

Time was counted from sunrise, so the sixth hour was about noon.

EXPLANATION

3:00 p.m.

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