Amos 8:9 (WEB)
It will happen in that day,” says the Lord GOD, “that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day.
Catechism · 1
“Those whose usurious and avaricious dealings lead to the hunger and death of their brethren in the human family indirectly commit homicide, which is imputable to them.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Am 8:4-10.
Fathers and councils · 8
Irenaeus of Lyons
“…at noon, and there shall be darkness over the earth in the clear day; and I will turn your feast days into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation,” plainly announced that obscuration of the sun which at the time of His crucifixion took place from the sixth hour onwards, and that after this event, those…” — editor's note: Amos viii. 9, 10.
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Tertullian
“…loins sackcloth, and upon every head baldness; and I will make the grief like that for a beloved (son), and them that are with him like a day of mourning.”” — editor's note: See Amos viii. 9, 10 (especially in the LXX.).
Read the whole comment“This will be the day, concerning which Amos also writes: And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that the sun shall go down at noon and the earth shall be dark in the clear day.”” — editor's note: Amos viii. 9.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“The Prophet Amos answers, And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that the sun shall go down at noon (for there was darkness from the sixth hour;) and the light shall grow dark over the earth in the day.”” — editor's note: Amos viii. 9. Cf. Euseb. (Dem. Ev. x. 6).
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
“As soon as the Lord of all had been given up to be crucified, the whole framework of the world bewailed its rightful Master, and the light was darkened at mid-day, (Amos 8:9.) which was a manifest token that the souls of those who crucified Him would suffer darkness.” — the author cites it
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Aphrahat
“And the sun set in midday and the land was darkened in the shining daytime, as is written in Zechariah the Prophet:—It shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, I will cause the sun to set in midday, and will make dark the land in the shining daytime.” — editor's note: Am. viii. 9. (Cf. the commentary ascribed to Ephrem in loco.) Cf. Zech. xiv. 6, 7.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, The Institutes VIII.10Book VIII
“And this again is said to “go down” at midday on sinners and false prophets, and those who are angry, when the prophet says, “Their sun is gone down at noon.”” — editor's note: Amos viii. 9.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“In Amos: “And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, the sun shall set at noonday, and the day of light shall be darkened; and I will turn your feast-days into grief, and all your songs into lamentation.”” — editor's note: Amos viii. 9, 10. [Lardner, Credib., vol. vii. pp. 107–124.]
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Cross-references · 7
Cited together in The Institutes VIII.10.
Cited together in The Institutes VIII.10.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.24.
Cited together in Cyril of Alexandria on Luke 23:44–46 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Cyril of Alexandria on Luke 23:44–46 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Cyril of Alexandria on Luke 23:44–46 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.24.