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Now it was the Preparation of the Passover, at about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, "Behold, your King!"
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The 'Sixth Hour' Puzzle
Commentators address the apparent time conflict between John's 'sixth hour' and Mark's 'third hour.' A leading explanation is that John used Roman time (6 a.m.), when Pilate gave the final sentence, while Mark used Jewish time (9 a.m.), when the crucifixion began. This shows the events unfolding chronologically and affirms the harmony of the Gospels.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The preparation of the passover. See Barnes on Mark 15:42.
The sixth hour. Twelve o’clock. Mark says ([Reference Mark 15:25…
The Preparation of the passover (παρασκευη του πασχα). That is, Friday of passover week, the preparation day before the Sabbath of…
19th Century
Anglican
Behold your King!—The words are spoken in bitter irony towards the Jews, as those in the following verse and those writte…
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Baptist
And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend: whoso…
The time in view here depends on the method of reckoning “the sixth hour.” If it were reckoned from midnight, it would be about six o’clock in the …
16th Century
Protestant
About the sixth hour. The Evangelists appear to differ, and even to contradict each other, in the computation of time. The other three Eva…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And it was the preparation of the passover So the Jews F24 say, that Jesus suffered on the eve of the pas…
Little did Pilate think with what holy regard these sufferings of Christ would, in later ages, be considered and spoken of by the best and greatest…
13th Century
Catholic
Previously, the Jews accused Christ of a crime against their law, but Pilate seemed to consider this a minor matter since he himself was not subjec…
