From 3e8de1ee418467e0584e80922f1cb9d393658ef5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: SusanQuigley Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2020 15:43:09 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Updated Biblicaltimehour.md --- bible/other/biblicaltimehour.md | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/bible/other/biblicaltimehour.md b/bible/other/biblicaltimehour.md index 9456310a..f21d931a 100644 --- a/bible/other/biblicaltimehour.md +++ b/bible/other/biblicaltimehour.md @@ -2,11 +2,10 @@ ## Definition: -The term "hour" is often used in the Bible to tell what time of day a certain event took place. It is also used figuratively to mean "time" or "moment." +The term "hour" is often used in the Bible to tell what time of day a certain event took place. It is also used figuratively to mean "moment," "a while" or "time". * The Jews counted daylight hours starting at sunrise (around 6 a.m.). For example, "the ninth hour" meant "around three in the afternoon." * Nighttime hours were counted starting at sunset (around 6 p.m.). For example, "the third hour of the night" meant "around nine in the evening" in our present-day system. -* The term "hour" is also used to mean "at that moment" or "right then." * Sometimes "hour" refers to a regular, scheduled time to do something, such as the "hour of prayer." * When the text says that the "hour had come" for Jesus to suffer and be put to death, this means that it was the appointed time for this to happen—the time that God had selected long ago. * When the text talks about the "hour" being late, this means that it was late in the day, when the sun would soon be setting.