The Three Days of Darkness

Title

The Three Days of Darkness

Magazine

Improvement Era

Publication Type

Magazine Article

Year of Publication

1959

Authors

Smith, Joseph Fielding (Primary)

Number of Pages

728

Date Published

October 1959

Volume

62

Issue Number

10

Abstract

Luke 23:44 states that at Christ’s crucifixion there was a period of darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. The Book of Mormon, however, states that it was a three-day darkness on the American continent. Both accounts are correct. The God of miracles who caused a three-hour darkness on one continent also caused a three-day darkness on the other. The greater period of darkness came because of the extreme wickedness of those in America.

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Subject Keywords

Crucifixion
Three Days of Darkness
Jesus Christ, Death of

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