According to the Christian synoptic gospels, on the day Jesus was crucified, darkness covered the land for hours, an event which later came to be referred to as the "crucifixion eclipse". Various Christian historians have associated this darkness with prophecies and with other reports about eclipses or periods of darkness. Using this period of darkness as a marker, astronomers have suggested specific dates for Jesus' crucifixion.

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  • According to the Christian synoptic gospels, on the day Jesus was crucified, darkness covered the land for hours, an event which later came to be referred to as the "crucifixion eclipse". Various Christian historians have associated this darkness with prophecies and with other reports about eclipses or periods of darkness. Using this period of darkness as a marker, astronomers have suggested specific dates for Jesus' crucifixion. Jesus' crucifixion took place around Passover, the middle of the lunar month and the time of a full moon. Solar eclipses naturally take place only at the time of the new moon. For this reason, medieval commentators viewed the darkness as a miraculous event rather than a natural one. Humphreys' and Waddington's reconstruction of the Jewish calendar, associating the crucifixion with a lunar eclipse rather than a solar eclipse, has been used to infer the date of the crucifixion.
  • La frase "Crucifixion eclipse" se refiere al período de tres horas ocurrido durante el día y que fue registrado en los evangelios sinópticos en la Biblia en el momento de la crucifixión de Cristo. En ocasiones se relaciona con un eclipse aunque ése no ocurre durante luna llena (durante la pascua) ni con la duración que se menciona en los evangelios.
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  • According to the Christian synoptic gospels, on the day Jesus was crucified, darkness covered the land for hours, an event which later came to be referred to as the "crucifixion eclipse". Various Christian historians have associated this darkness with prophecies and with other reports about eclipses or periods of darkness. Using this period of darkness as a marker, astronomers have suggested specific dates for Jesus' crucifixion.
  • La frase "Crucifixion eclipse" se refiere al período de tres horas ocurrido durante el día y que fue registrado en los evangelios sinópticos en la Biblia en el momento de la crucifixión de Cristo. En ocasiones se relaciona con un eclipse aunque ése no ocurre durante luna llena (durante la pascua) ni con la duración que se menciona en los evangelios.
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  • Crucifixion darkness and eclipse
  • Eclipse de crucifixión
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