<p>23:44<i> And it was now about the sixth hour; and a darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour</i>- The way the sun was eclipsed at the Lord&rsquo;s death is recorded in terms which clearly contrast with the prevailing view that at the demise of the emperors, the light of the sun was eclipsed. Both Plutarch (Caesar, 69.4) and Josephus (Antiquities 14.12.3,409) speak of eclipses of the sun at the death of Julius Caesar. The Lord Jesus in His death is thus being proclaimed as the true Caesar. Likewise Cassius Dio <i>History</i> 51.17.5) claims that at the fall of Alexandria to the Romans, &ldquo;the disembodied spirits of the dead were made visible&rdquo;. Similar claims were made for other Roman victories. And yet this is clearly put into context by the record that around the Lord&rsquo;s victory, the graves were opened and the dead actually came forth. &nbsp;</p>