'Hour' in the Bible
But when they hand you over, do not worry about how or what you are to say; for what you are to say will be given you within that [very] hour;
And he went out about the third hour (9:00 a.m.) and saw others standing idle in the market place;
He went out about the sixth hour (noon) and the ninth hour (3:00 p.m.), and did the same thing.
And about the eleventh hour (5:00 p.m.) he went out and found others standing around, and he said to them, ‘Why have you been standing here idle all day?’
Those who had been hired at the eleventh hour (5:00 p.m.) came and received a denarius each [a day’s wage].
saying, ‘These men who came last worked [only] one hour, and yet you have made them equal [in wages] to us who have carried [most of] the burden and [worked in] the scorching heat of the day.’
“But of that [exact] day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son [in His humanity], but the Father alone.
Therefore, you [who follow Me] must also be ready; because the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not expect Him.
the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour of which he is not aware,
Therefore, be on the alert [be prepared and ready], for you do not know the day nor the hour [when the Son of Man will come].
And He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “So, you men could not stay awake and keep watch with Me for one hour?
Then He returned to the disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Listen, the hour [of My sacrifice] is at hand and the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners [whose way and nature is to oppose God].
Now from the sixth hour (noon) there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour (3:00 p.m.).
About the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud [agonized] voice, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”