This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1860 edition. Excerpt: ... must be viewed as explanatory of the previous statement: "And when the sixth hour was come" (or while it was yet passing), "there was darkness over all the land till the ninth hour." But Matthew, usiDg the method of computation which calculates the first hour of the day to be six o'clock in the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1860 edition. Excerpt: ... must be viewed as explanatory of the previous statement: "And when the sixth hour was come" (or while it was yet passing), "there was darkness over all the land till the ninth hour." But Matthew, usiDg the method of computation which calculates the first hour of the day to be six o'clock in the morning, refers to the closing of the tragic scene, and states that it took place "about the ninth hour," which corresponds with three o'clock in the afternoon. The evangelist John, adopting the same computation as Matthew, refers to the transactions immediately preceding the crucifixion, and says that they took place "about the sixth hour." The conclusion at which we arrive is, that Jesus Christ was crucified about, or a little before twelve o'clock, and remained on the cross till three o'clock. Gerhardus and Eambach agree with this method of explaining the difficulty. So that the different statements are harmonised by taking into consideration the two different modes of computing the day, and by regarding the evangelist John's statement, as alluding to the beginning of the awful scene, and that of Matthew's as describing the close. The time of day when the solemn event transpired, was that in which the sun usually appeared in his greatest splendour. The moon was at her full, so that it was impossible there could be an eclipse of the sun at that time, from ordinary and natural causes. The miraculous darkness would, from this circumstance, be considered more extraordinary, than if it had occurred at any other part of the day. The closer the scrutiny of the sacred writings, the more satisfactory will the evidence of their verity appear. May our hearts, so little affected by the sufferings of Christ, be quickened and reproved by the ardour and...
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