[Footnote 3: Many ancient authorities insert ver. 28 _And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was reckoned with transgressors._ See Luke 22:37.] [Footnote 4: Some ancient authorities omit _And Jesus said, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do._] [Footnote 5: Or, _tunic_.] [Footnote 6: Some ancient authorities read _into thy kingdom_.] [Footnote 7: Or, _for the place of the city where Jesus was crucified was nigh at hand_.] [Footnote a: It is not easy to tell the precise order of the events during this period of three hours, since the Gospels do not present them in the same detail or order. On the whole it has seemed best simply to follow Mark's arrangement as we have done uniformly in the Harmony. Thus the apparent order of the sayings is (1) The Prayer for Christ's enemies in Luke 23:34. (2) The Promise to the Repentant Robber in Luke 23:43. (3) The Charge to the Mother of Jesus and to the Beloved Disciple in John 19:26, 27. These three sayings are with reference to others.] § 165. THE THREE HOURS OF DARKNESS FROM NOON TO THREE P.M. _(Four More Sayings[a] at the Close of the Darkness and the Death of Christ.)_ Mark 15:33-37 |Matt. 27:45-50 |Luke 23:44-46 |John 19:28-30 | | | 33 And when |45 Now from |44 And it was | the sixth | the sixth | now about the| hour was | hour there | sixth hour, | come, there | was darkness | and a | was darkness | over all the | darkness came| over the | [1]land until| over the | whole [1]land| the ninth | whole [1]land| until the |46 hour. And | until the | ninth hour. | about the | ninth hour, | 34 And at the | ninth hour |45 [4]the sun's | ninth hour | Jesus cried | light | Jesus cried | with a loud | failing. | with a loud | voice, | | voice, Eloi, | saying, Eli, | | Eloi, lama | Eli, lama, | | sabachthani? | sabachthani? | | which is, | that is, My | | being | God, my God, | | interpreted, | [2]why hast | | My God, my | thou forsaken| | God, [2]why | me [_see Ps. | | hast thou | 22:1_]? | | forsaken me? | | | 35 And some of |47 And some of | |28 After this them that | them that | | Jesus, knowing stood by, | stood there, | | that all things when they | when they | | are now heard it, | heard it, | | finished, that said, Behold,| said, This | | the scripture