## 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 a.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." This could be translated as "God tore the temple curtain into two pieces."