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- According to the Jewish method of reckoning, the daylight hours were divided into twelve, counting from sunset and from sunrise. Thus the sixth hour is not 6 a.m. or 6 p.m., as we would think; it is midday (or midnight) — six hours after the rising (or setting) of the sun. Similarly, the Jewish day began at sundown.
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Nov 14, 2020 · Was the sixth hour in John 4:6 noon or six p.m.? This depends on if John used Jewish way for time or the Roman way. Answering this question also depends on which way Mark used for time: According to John 19:14 it was about the sixth hour when Pilate brought Jesus out, and sat down on the judgment-seat at a place called Gabbatha.
So, according to John, Pilate's judgment of Jesus occurs about six in the morning, not about midday (as would be required on the Jewish method). Thus instead of disagreeing with the other gospels, John's statement coincides well with them.
- Introduction
- Methods of Ancient Time Reckoning and Framework of The Crucifixion Day
- Proposed Views of Harmonization
- The Time of Jesus’s Death and Inerrancy
- Conclusion
The differences in the gospel record on the time of Jesus’ crucifixion have long been an enigma to Bible scholars. Mark 15:25 reads that Jesus was crucified at the third hour. Under a Jewish or common reckoning time system, which started the day at sunrise, Jesus was crucified at about nine in the morning. However, in the Gospel of John, John write...
In the modern age people reckon time in hours, minutes, and seconds with clocks, watches, or phones. But time reckoning in the ancient world was reckoned with hours of sunlight based on sundials. If a sundial was not available rough times were based on eyeing the sun or one’s own shadow or even just the shadow from a stick in the ground.4 Sundials ...
The proposed views of harmonization will be taken in the general order in which they developed over time.
The time of Jesus’ death has truly been a puzzle for anyone who has looked at this issue. All of the views for reconciliation have good arguments against them, but good arguments are not the same as decisive arguments. At least three resolutions (confusion of letters of gamma and digamma, Roman civil reckoning of John, and time approximation) in th...
In summary, inerrancy applies to the original autographs of the Bible, does not require “modern technical precision,” and is not negated by differences in parallel passages that have not been resolved. So, while the time of Jesus’ death as a case study does not prove the doctrine of inerrancy neither does it disprove it either. One area that could ...
It’s possible that with the Greek word ὡς (hōs) which means “about/approximately” being used in John 19:14 entails John’s point that it was roughly coming on the sixth hour of the day (12:00 noon) by the time Christ was being crucified.
John 4:6 NIV. But The Halley's Bible Handbook says that the "sixth hour" is in the afternoon (6 p.m.), because it's roman hour system. "The 'sixth hour', v. 6, is the roman time, ie, 6 p.m." Halley's Bible Handbook page 474.
Apr 18, 2019 · According to the Gospel of Mark, Jesus was crucified on the “third hour” (Mark 15:25). The Gospel of John, however, says Pilate sentenced Jesus to crucifixion on “about the sixth hour” (John 19:14).
Our Evangelist does not tell us how long it lasted, but we get a note of time from St. Mark, who says it was ‘about the fourth watch of the night’; that is between the hours of three and six in the morning of the subsequent day.
