And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.
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Gill's Exposition
The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them,.... Though he was with the Jews, the chief priests, Scribes, and elders, in the high priest's palace, being one of that great council; yet…
Adam Clarke
The sun was darkened - See an examination of the accounts of Phlegon, Thallus, and Dionysius, on Mat 27:45 (note).
The veil - was rent - See Mat 27:51.
In these verses we have three things: -
I. Christ's dying magnified by the prodigies that attended it: only two are here mentioned, which we had an account of before. 1. The darkening of the sun at…
Cambridge Bible
And the sun was darkened Instead of these words some MSS. (א, B, C, &c.) read "the sun eclipsing," or "failing."The reading seems only to be an attempt, and that a very unsuccessful one, to account…
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