iF THERE WERE A LUNAR ECLIPSE, WHICH IS POSSIBLE, IT WOULD NOT EXPLAIN THE DARKNESS FOR 3 HOURS FROM NOON-3PM IN JURUSALEM WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE EARTH DURING AN ECLIPSE. UNLESS YOU WANT TO SAY THAT A HUGE CLOUD COVERED THE EARTH, WHICH EVEN PILATE DOES NOT EVEN  MENTION, THE DARKNESS HAS A TOTALLY SUPERNATURAL ORIGIN AND IS PROBABLY REALTED TO THE FACT THAT THE HEAVENLY FATHER COULD NOT LOOK ON THE SINS OF THE WORLD THAT YESHUA HAD TAKEN UPON HIMSELF AS PASSOVER LAMB AND THE DARKNESS SEPARATED THE FATHER FROM THE SON FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ALL ETERNITY, WHICH CAUSED YESHUA TO EXCLAIM, "MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?" IF THIS ACT OF GOD WAS NOT TRUE AND ACTUAL, THEN THE WORDS OF YESHUA ARE MEANINGLESS AND WORTHLESS.