Verse 44
44. Darkness over all the earth Over all the land, as it is translated in Matthew. Not the globe, (for it was night at the antipodes,) nor perhaps was even all Palestine covered, but the vicinity and adjacent country. Nor was it an eclipse, since the Passover was at full moon. As the darkness was not universal but local, so it was not astronomical but atmospheric.
Modern learning has rejected the quotations from old authors, such as Phlegon and Thallus, to prove the universality of the obscuration.
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