Three Books Of Testimonies Against The Jews by Cyprian
23. That at mid-day in His passion there should be darkness.
In Amos: |And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, the sun shall set at noonday, and the day of light shall be darkened; and I will turn your feast-days into grief, and all your songs into lamentation.| Also in Jeremiah: |She is frightened that hath borne children, and her soul hath grown weary. Her sun hath gone down while as yet it was mid-day; she hath been confounded and accursed: I will give the rest of them to the sword in the sight of their enemies.| Also in the Gospel: |Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the earth even to the ninth hour.|
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