Matthew 27:45

Jesus’ Death

27:45 Now from noon until three, ¹  darkness came over all the land. ² 

Matthew 6:23

6:23 But if your eye is diseased, ³  your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

Matthew 8:12

8:12 but the sons of the kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” ⁴ 

Matthew 25:30

25:30 And throw that worthless slave into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

Matthew 22:13

22:13 Then the king said to his attendants, ‘Tie him up hand and foot and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!’

[27:45]  ¹ tn Grk “from the sixth hour to the ninth hour.”

[27:45]  ² sn This imagery has parallels to the Day of the Lord: Joel 2:10; Amos 8:9; Zeph 1:15.

[6:23]  ³ tn Or “if your eye is sick” (L&N 23.149).

[8:12]  ⁵ sn Weeping and gnashing of teeth is a figure for remorse and trauma, which occurs here because of exclusion from God’s promise.