<p>15:33 <i>And when the sixth hour had come, darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour</i>- Darkness is often associated in the OT with mourning. Am. 8:9,10 speaks of earthquake and darkness at noon because &quot;I will make it as the mourning for an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day&quot;, i.e. a funeral. The darkness was a sign of <i>Almighty God mourning for His Son</i>.<br />Mark&rsquo;s account of the crucifixion has 5 component parts. The third part, the centrepiece as it were, is the account of the actual death of the Lord; but it is surrounded by cameos of human response to it (consider Mk. 15:22-27; 28-32; the actual death of Jesus, 15:33-37; then 15:38-41; 15:42-47). See on Lk. 23:48; Jn. 19:25.</p>