PM if Jewish time were meant].

PM, if Jewish time were meant].

noon if Jewish time were meant].

but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. [Note: This was located on a slope just east of Jerusalem].

So, they called the [former] blind man a second time, and said to him, "Give honor to God [Note: In Jewish idiom this phrase meant "Tell the truth." See Josh. 7:19]; we know this man is a sinner."

Jesus told them this parable [i.e., a brief story to illustrate his teaching] but they did not understand what it meant.

After Jesus had said these things He went out with His disciples across the Kidron valley. [Note: This was a "wadi," or dry creek bed which carried a torrent of water during the rainy season. It ran parallel with the east wall of Jerusalem, between the city and the Mount of Olives]. There was an [olive] orchard there and Jesus and His disciples went into it.

Now it was about six o'clock in the morning [Note: This was according to Roman time, but if Jewish time were meant, it would have been