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# about the sixth hour
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"about noon." This reflects the custom at the time of counting hours beginning with daybreak at 6 a.m.
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# darkness came over the whole land
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"the entire land became dark"
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# until the ninth hour
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"until 3 p.m." This reflects the custom at the time of counting hours beginning with daybreak at 6 a.m.
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# as the sun's light failed
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This does not refer to sundown. Rather, the light of the sun darkened during the middle of the day. Use a term to describe the sun becoming dark rather than the sun going down.
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# the curtain of the temple
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"the curtain inside the temple." This was the curtain that separated the most holy place from the rest of the temple.
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# the curtain of the temple was split down the middle
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"the curtain of the temple was torn from top to bottom into two pieces." This can be stated in active form. AT: "God tore the temple curtain into two pieces from the top to the bottom" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/biblicaltimehour]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/curtain]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/temple]] |