▁during ▁the ▁full ▁moon ▁at ▁Pass over , ▁and ▁in ▁any ▁case ▁solar ▁e cli ps es ▁take ▁minutes , ▁not ▁hours . ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 3 , ▁astronom ers ▁Hum ph re ys ▁and ▁W adding ton ▁noted ▁that ▁the ▁reference ▁to ▁a ▁solar ▁eclipse ▁is ▁missing ▁in ▁some ▁versions ▁of ▁Luke ▁and ▁argued ▁that ▁the ▁solar ▁eclipse ▁was ▁a ▁later ▁fault y ▁scri bal ▁am end ment ▁of ▁what ▁was ▁actually ▁the ▁lun ar ▁eclipse ▁of ▁AD   3 3 . ▁This ▁is ▁a ▁claim ▁which ▁historian ▁David ▁Hen ige ▁describes ▁as ▁" und ef ended " ▁and ▁" in def ens ible ". ▁Hum ph re ys ▁and ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁sch ol ars ▁have ▁altern atively ▁argued ▁for ▁the ▁sun ' s ▁dark ening ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁caused ▁by ▁a ▁k h ams in , ▁i . e . ▁a ▁sand ▁storm , ▁which ▁can ▁occur ▁between ▁mid - M arch ▁and ▁May ▁in ▁the ▁Middle ▁East ▁and ▁which ▁does ▁typically ▁last ▁for ▁several ▁hours . ▁ ▁In ▁a ▁review ▁of ▁Hum ph re ys ' ▁book , ▁the olog ian ▁William ▁R ▁T elf ord ▁points ▁out ▁that ▁the ▁non - astr onom ical ▁parts ▁of ▁his ▁lun ar ▁eclipse ▁argument ▁are ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁assumption ▁that ▁the ▁chron ologies ▁described ▁in ▁the ▁New ▁Testament ▁are ▁historical ▁and ▁based ▁on ▁e y ew it ness ▁testim ony , ▁accepting ▁un crit ically ▁statements ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁" three ▁different ▁Pass o vers ▁in ▁John " ▁and