Did the sky really go dark as biblical inerrantists insist?

schrafinator Well since somewhat less than half the sphere of earth is in darkness at any given times and at the poles it could well have been darkness for some months when this was written we must assume them to be half right?

randman Certainly that is a possibilty but then what is special about it? Darkness by what means? The author is careful to impress the notion of the world being involved as though in response to christ's agony yet is vague on the details of what happened. It could just as easily refer to his own impression that the world had gone dark from the loss of his friend.