'Hour' in the Bible
And Jesus said to the centurion, “Go; it shall be done for you as you have believed.” And the servant was healed that very moment.
But when they hand you over, do not worry about how or what you are to say; for it will be given you in that hour what you are to say.
And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the market place;
Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did the same thing.
And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing around; and he *said to them, ‘Why have you been standing here idle all day long?’
When those hired about the eleventh hour came, each one received a denarius.
saying, ‘These last men have worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the scorching heat of the day.’
“But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.
For this reason you also must be ready; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not think He will.
the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour which he does not know,
Be on the alert then, for you do not know the day nor the hour.
And He *came to the disciples and *found them sleeping, and *said to Peter, “So, you men could not keep watch with Me for one hour?
Then He *came to the disciples and *said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Behold, the hour is at hand and the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.
Now from the sixth hour darkness fell upon all the land until the ninth hour.
About the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
When they arrest you and hand you over, do not worry beforehand about what you are to say, but say whatever is given you in that hour; for it is not you who speak, but it is the Holy Spirit.
But of that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.
And He went a little beyond them, and fell to the ground and began to pray that if it were possible, the hour might pass Him by.
And He *came and *found them sleeping, and *said to Peter, “Simon, are you asleep? Could you not keep watch for one hour?
And He *came the third time, and *said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? It is enough; the hour has come; behold, the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.
It was the third hour when they crucified Him.
When the sixth hour came, darkness fell over the whole land until the ninth hour.
At the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is translated, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
And the whole multitude of the people were in prayer outside at the hour of the incense offering.
for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say.”
“But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into.
You too, be ready; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not expect.”
the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know, and will cut him in pieces, and assign him a place with the unbelievers.
and at the dinner hour he sent his slave to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come; for everything is ready now.’
The scribes and the chief priests tried to lay hands on Him that very hour, and they feared the people; for they understood that He spoke this parable against them.
When the hour had come, He reclined at the table, and the apostles with Him.
While I was with you daily in the temple, you did not lay hands on Me; but this hour and the power of darkness are yours.”
After about an hour had passed, another man began to insist, saying, “Certainly this man also was with Him, for he is a Galilean too.”
It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness fell over the whole land until the ninth hour,
And they got up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem, and found gathered together the eleven and those who were with them,
He *said to them, “Come, and you will see.” So they came and saw where He was staying; and they stayed with Him that day, for it was about the tenth hour.
And Jesus *said to her, “Woman, what does that have to do with us? My hour has not yet come.”
and Jacob’s well was there. So Jesus, being wearied from His journey, was sitting thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
Jesus *said to her, “Woman, believe Me, an hour is coming when neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.
But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers.
So he inquired of them the hour when he began to get better. Then they said to him, “Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.”
So the father knew that it was at that hour in which Jesus said to him, “Your son lives”; and he himself believed and his whole household.
Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
Do not marvel at this; for an hour is coming, in which all who are in the tombs will hear His voice,
So they were seeking to seize Him; and no man laid his hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.
These words He spoke in the treasury, as He taught in the temple; and no one seized Him, because His hour had not yet come.
And Jesus *answered them, saying, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.
“Now My soul has become troubled; and what shall I say, ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But for this purpose I came to this hour.
Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus knowing that His hour had come that He would depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.
They will make you outcasts from the synagogue, but an hour is coming for everyone who kills you to think that he is offering service to God.
But these things I have spoken to you, so that when their hour comes, you may remember that I told you of them. These things I did not say to you at the beginning, because I was with you.
Whenever a woman is in labor she has pain, because her hour has come; but when she gives birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish because of the joy that a child has been born into the world.
“These things I have spoken to you in figurative language; an hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but will tell you plainly of the Father.
Behold, an hour is coming, and has already come, for you to be scattered, each to his own home, and to leave Me alone; and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.
Jesus spoke these things; and lifting up His eyes to heaven, He said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify Your Son, that the Son may glorify You,
Now it was the day of preparation for the Passover; it was about the sixth hour. And he *said to the Jews, “Behold, your King!”
Then He *said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” From that hour the disciple took her into his own household.
For these men are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only the third hour of the day;
Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the ninth hour, the hour of prayer.
About the ninth hour of the day he clearly saw in a vision an angel of God who had just come in and said to him, “Cornelius!”
On the next day, as they were on their way and approaching the city, Peter went up on the housetop about the sixth hour to pray.
Cornelius said, “Four days ago to this hour, I was praying in my house during the ninth hour; and behold, a man stood before me in shining garments,
And he took them that very hour of the night and washed their wounds, and immediately he was baptized, he and all his household.
And he called to him two of the centurions and said, “Get two hundred soldiers ready by the third hour of the night to proceed to Caesarea, with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen.”
Do this, knowing the time, that it is already the hour for you to awaken from sleep; for now salvation is nearer to us than when we believed.
To this present hour we are both hungry and thirsty, and are poorly clothed, and are roughly treated, and are homeless;
But we did not yield in subjection to them for even an hour, so that the truth of the gospel would remain with you.
Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is the last hour.
So remember what you have received and heard; and keep it, and repent. Therefore if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you.
Because you have kept the word of My perseverance, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, that hour which is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.
When the Lamb broke the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
And the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, were released, so that they would kill a third of mankind.
And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell; seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.
and he said with a loud voice, “Fear God, and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come; worship Him who made the heaven and the earth and sea and springs of waters.”
And another angel came out of the temple, crying out with a loud voice to Him who sat on the cloud, “Put in your sickle and reap, for the hour to reap has come, because the harvest of the earth is ripe.”
The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but they receive authority as kings with the beast for one hour.
standing at a distance because of the fear of her torment, saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city! For in one hour your judgment has come.’
for in one hour such great wealth has been laid waste!’ And every shipmaster and every passenger and sailor, and as many as make their living by the sea, stood at a distance,
And they threw dust on their heads and were crying out, weeping and mourning, saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, in which all who had ships at sea became rich by her wealth, for in one hour she has been laid waste!’