# Connecting Statement:

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.

# the sixth hour

This refers to noon or 12 p.m.

# darkness came over the whole land

Here the author describes it becoming dark outside as if the darkness were a wave that moved over the land. AT: "the whole land became dark" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# At the ninth hour

This refers to three o'clock in the afternoon. AT: "At three o'clock in the afternoon" or "In the middle of the afternoon"

# Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani

These are Aramaic words that should be copied as is into your language with similar sounds. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-transliterate]])

# is interpreted

"means"

# Some of those standing by heard his words and said

It can be stated clearly that they misunderstood what Jesus said. AT: "When some of those standing there heard his words, they misunderstood and said" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/jesus]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/forsaken]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/elijah]]