Luke 23: 44,45 of the NAB

[bentecson]

44 It was now about noon and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon
45 because of an eclipse of the sun. Then the veil of the temple was torn down the middle.

It is inconsistent in stating there was and eclipse of the sun during this event. It cannot be! as it was the feast of the Passover (14th day of Nisan) that Jesus was crucified. At that particular time the earth was between the sun and the moon and eclipse of the sun is not possible.

 

[nianka]

NASB:
It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness fell over the whole land until the ninth hour, because the sun was obscured; and the veil of the temple was torn in two.

Confraternity NT:
It was now about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. And the sun was darkened, and the curtain of the temple was torn in the middle.

KJV:
And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.

DR:
And it was almost the sixth hour: and there was darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.

Unfortunately, I don’t have my RSV-CE with me.
This is just an example of why I prefer the NASB or the RSV-CE over the NAB. It’s also why I have multiple translations. Frees me from getting hung up on one or two words.
nianka

 

[Catholic_Dude]

44 It was now about noon and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon
45 because of an eclipse of the sun. Then the veil of the temple was torn down the middle.

It is inconsistent in stating there was and eclipse of the sun during this event. It cannot be! as it was the feast of the Passover (14th day of Nisan) that Jesus was crucified. At that particular time the earth was between the sun and the moon and eclipse of the sun is not possible.

Science tells us that the atoms in the temple veil separated under a sudden change in atmospheric pressure.

 

[Gottle_of_Geer]

44 It was now about noon and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon
45 because of an eclipse of the sun. Then the veil of the temple was torn down the middle.

It is inconsistent in stating there was and eclipse of the sun during this event. It cannot be! as it was the feast of the Passover (14th day of Nisan) that Jesus was crucified. At that particular time the earth was between the sun and the moon and eclipse of the sun is not possible.

The description is probably an application of imagery describing the “day of the Lord” to the event of the Crucifixion:​

Joel 2.1 Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the LORD is coming, it is near,

Joe 2:2 a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness! Like blackness there is spread upon the mountains a great and powerful people; their like has never been from of old, nor will be again after them through the years of all generations.

blueletterbible.org/rsv/Joe/Joe002.html#2

• this is the chapter of Joel which is referred to in Acts 2, when the Spirit of God comes upon the Apostles.

Zephaniah 1:14 The great day of the LORD is near, near and hastening fast; the sound of the day of the LORD is bitter, the mighty man cries aloud there.

Zep 1:15 A day of wrath is that day, a day of distress and anguish, a day of ruin and devastation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness…

blueletterbible.org/rsv/Zep/Zep001.html#15

IOW - the Crucifixion = “the Day of the Lord”, when the Lord judges the nations and brings salvation to Israel.

The significant thing is not the weather or the heavens - but the event to to which the heavens point: the judgement, by the Crucified Jesus, upon sin and death, and His conquest of them by dying. By being crucified, He is Judge of mankind & of sin; Redeemer of Israel & of all who believe in Him; and Conqueror of sin, death and the devil. And, of course, Israel’s promised Messiah. The Messiah was considered to be mortal - and Jesus is mortal.

The imagery is not there to give us a weather-report - but to point to what God is doing in the Crucifixion. The passage proclaims Who that crucified Jew is. It is about the salvation and judgement which is the mighty saving act of God, which comes about through the death of the Crucified Jesus - not about impossible astronomical phenomena. ##