The Death and Burial of Jesus

Following a night and morning of torture and ridicule, Jesus was crucified, and for six hours He hung on the cross. There was darkness from the sixth hour (noon) to the ninth hour (3pm). At noon when Jesus was put on the cross the sun should be brightest. A very unique act took place during these three hours of darkness; when as the Son of God he was made sin for us. A transaction took place between a holy God and a perfect sinless sacrifice; and it was nothing for sinful men to pry into – So the cross was shrouded in darkness. In the darkness there was a penalty paid, a substitution endured and propitiation made.