Mark 15:33 reveals an interesting fact as we examine this moment in light of the Godhead is the silence of God the Father.
• At His Son’s baptism the Father spoke: “This is My beloved Son, in Whom I am well pleased.”
• At the Mount of Transfiguration, the Father spoke: “This is My beloved Son, in Whom I am well pleased, hear Him.”
Yet here there is silence and the only communication is a darkness that fell upon the land. We know that Jesus was put on the cross around 9 AM and that around noon darkness covered the land that lasted three hours. A search of historical records throughout history reveals that even in different cultures they speak of this time when the sky went dark.
The Roman historian Tertullian speaks of this darkness at the time of Jesus’ death in the Roman archives. Of further interest is the reality that based upon the fact that this was the Passover season we know that it would have been a full moon. That reveals that this could not have been caused by an eclipse because the moon is on the opposite side of the sun.