Luke 23:44 (WEB)
It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.
Fathers and councils · 25
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus II.33Book II
“…and the tombs opened, and the veil of the temple rent in twain from top to bottom, and that darkness prevailed in the day-time, the sun failing to give light?”” — editor's note: Cf. Matt. xxvii. 51, 52; cf. Luke xxiii. 44, 45.
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Augustine of Hippo
“…of the sixth hour, and when He was hanging on the cross, the darkness occurred which is attested by three of the evangelists, namely, Matthew, Mark, and Luke.” — editor's note: Matt. xxvii. 45; Mark xv. 33; Luke xxiii. 44.
Read the whole comment“The same fact is attested by two others of the evangelists.” — editor's note: Mark xv. 33–36; Luke xxiii. 44, 45.
Read the whole comment“…the ninth, the sun was obscured, and the darkness took place, we have it jointly attested on the authority of the three evangelists, Matthew, Mark, and Luke.” — editor's note: Matt. xxvii. 45; Mark xv. 33; and Luke xxiii. 44.
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Tertullian
“And so the “pressure” must be maintained up to that hour in which the orb—involved from the sixth hour in a general darkness—performed for its dead Lord a sorrowful act of duty; so that we too may then return to enjoyment when the universe regained its sunshine.” — editor's note: See Matt. xxvii. 45–54; Mark xvi. 33–39; Luke xxiii. 44–47.
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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…
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Luke
What is here said of the darkness, the other two Evangelists, Matthew and Mark, confirm, but St. Luke adds the cause whence the darkness arose, saying, And the sun was darkened.
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This darkening of the sun it is quite plain did not happen in the regular and fixed course of the heavenly bodies, because it was then the Passover, which is always celebrated at the full moon. But a regular eclipse…
Read the whole comment - A Greek expositorCatena Aurea on Luke
This miracle then took place that it might be made known, that He who had undergone death was the Ruler of the whole creation.
Read the whole comment - Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
The sun also is eclipsed to the sacrilegious, that it may overshadow the scene of their awful wickedness; darkness was spread over the eyes of the unbelieving, that the light of faith might rise again.
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But Luke, wishing to join miracle to miracle, adds, And the veil of the temple was rent in twain. This took place when our Lord expired, as Matthew and Mark bear witness, but Luke related it by anticipation.
Read the whole comment - Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on Luke
By this then our Lord shewed that the Holy of Holies should be no longer inaccessible, but being given over into the hands of the Romans, should be defiled, and its entrance laid open.
Read the whole comment - Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
The veil also is rent, by which is declared the division of the two people, and the profanation of the synagogue. The old veil is rent that the Church may hang up the new veils of faith. The covering of the synagogue…
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Whereby it is signified that the veil which kept us asunder from the holy things which are in heaven, is broken through, namely, enmity and sin.
Read the whole comment - Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
It took place also at that time when every mystery of Christ’s assumed mortality was fulfilled, and His immortality alone remained; as it follows, And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said.
Read the whole comment - BedeCatena Aurea on Luke
By invoking the Father He declares Himself to be the Son of God, but by commending His Spirit, He signifies not the weakness of His strength, but His confidence in the same power with the Father.
Read the whole comment - Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
The flesh dies that the Spirit may rise again. The Spirit is commended to the Father, that heavenly things also may be loosed from the chain of iniquity, and peace be made in heaven, which earthly things should follow.
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Luke
Now this voice teaches us, that the souls of the saints are not henceforth shut up in hell as before, but are with God, Christ being made the beginning of this change.
Read the whole comment - Athanasius of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
For He commends to His Father through Himself all mankind quickened in Him; for we are His members; as the Apostle says, Ye are all one in Christ. (Gal. 3:28.)
Read the whole comment - Gregory of NyssaCatena Aurea on Luke
But it becomes us to enquire how our Lord distributes Himself into three parts at once; into the bowels of the earth, as He told the Pharisees; into the Paradise of God, as He told the thief; into the hands of the…
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His spirit then is commended to God, but though He is above He yet gives light to the parts below the earth, that all things may be redeemed. For Christ is all things, and in Christ are all things.
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There is another explanation, that at the time of His Passion, His Divinity being once united to His humanity, left neither part of His humanity, but of its own accord separated the soul from the body, yet shewed…
Read the whole comment - John DamasceneCatena Aurea on Luke
Or to speak more expressly, In respect of His body, He was in the grave, in respect of His soul, He was in hell, and with the thief in Paradise; but as God, on the throne with His Father and the Holy Spirit.
Read the whole comment - Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on Luke
But crying with a loud voice He gives up the ghost, because He had in Himself the power of laying down His life and taking it up again.
Read the whole comment - Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
He gave up His Spirit, because He did not lose it as one unwilling; for what a man sends forth is voluntary, what he loses, compulsory.
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Cross-references · 14
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.18.
Cited together in Gregory of Nyssa on Luke 23:44–46 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Cyril of Alexandria on Luke 23:44–46 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.18.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.18.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.18.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.18.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.18.
Cited together in Against Celsus II.33.
Cited together in Against Celsus II.33.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.18.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.18.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.18.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.18.