Charles Ellicott Commentary John 19:4

"And Pilate went out again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him out to you, that ye may know that I find no crime in him." — John 19:4 (ASV)

That the third, sixth, and ninth hours (Compare to Matthew 20:3, 5) seem to have been, in common life, rough divisions of the day, corresponding to the watches of the night. An event occurring at ten o’clock might have been spoken of roughly as about the third hour, while it might, on the other hand, be thought of as within the division called the sixth hour.