'Hour' in the Bible
But when they hand you over, don’t worry about how or what you should speak. For you will be given what to say at that hour,
‘These last men put in one hour, and you made them equal to us who bore the burden of the day and the burning heat!’
“Now concerning that day and hour no one knows—neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son —except the Father only.
This is why you also must be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
that slave’s master will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not know.
“Therefore be alert, because you don’t know either the day or the hour.
Then He came to the disciples and found them sleeping. He asked Peter, “So, couldn’t you stay awake with Me one hour?
So when they arrest you and hand you over, don’t worry beforehand what you will say. On the contrary, whatever is given to you in that hour—say it. For it isn’t you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.
“Now concerning that day or hour no one knows—neither the angels in heaven nor the Son—except the Father.
Then He went a little farther, fell to the ground, and began to pray that if it were possible, the hour might pass from Him.
Then He came and found them sleeping. “Simon, are you sleeping?” He asked Peter. “Couldn’t you stay awake one hour?
At the hour of incense the whole assembly of the people was praying outside.
In that same hour He rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and the learned and have revealed them to infants. Yes, Father, because this was Your good pleasure.
For the Holy Spirit will teach you at that very hour what must be said.”
But know this: If the homeowner had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.
You also be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not expect.”
that slave’s master will come on a day he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know. He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.
Then the scribes and the chief priests looked for a way to get their hands on Him that very hour, because they knew He had told this parable against them, but they feared the people.
When the hour came, He reclined at the table, and the apostles with Him.
Every day while I was with you in the temple complex, you never laid a hand on Me. But this is your hour—and the dominion of darkness.”
About an hour later, another kept insisting, “This man was certainly with Him, since he’s also a Galilean.”
That very hour they got up and returned to Jerusalem. They found the Eleven and those with them gathered together,
“What has this concern of yours to do with Me, woman?” Jesus asked. “My hour has not yet come.”
Jesus told her, “Believe Me, woman, an hour is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
But an hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth. Yes, the Father wants such people to worship Him.
The father realized this was the very hour at which Jesus had told him, “Your son will live.” Then he himself believed, along with his whole household.
“I assure you: An hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
Then they tried to seize Him. Yet no one laid a hand on Him because His hour had not yet come.
He spoke these words by the treasury, while teaching in the temple complex. But no one seized Him, because His hour had not come.
Jesus replied to them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.
“Now My soul is troubled. What should I say—Father, save Me from this hour? But that is why I came to this hour.
Before the Passover Festival, Jesus knew that His hour had come to depart from this world to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.
Look: An hour is coming, and has come, when each of you will be scattered to his own home, and you will leave Me alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.
Jesus spoke these things, looked up to heaven, and said:Father,the hour has come.Glorify Your Sonso that the Son may glorify You,
Then He said to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.
Now Peter and John were going up together to the temple complex at the hour of prayer at three in the afternoon.
Cornelius replied, “Four days ago at this hour, at three in the afternoon, I was praying in my house. Just then a man in a dazzling robe stood before me
He took them the same hour of the night and washed their wounds. Right away he and all his family were baptized.
came and stood by me and said, ‘Brother Saul, regain your sight.’ And in that very hour I looked up and saw him.
Besides this, knowing the time, it is already the hour for you to wake up from sleep, for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed.
Up to the present hour we are both hungry and thirsty; we are poorly clothed, roughly treated, homeless;
But we did not give up and submit to these people for even an hour, so that the truth of the gospel would be preserved for you.
Children, it is the last hour. And as you have heard, “Antichrist is coming,” even now many antichrists have come. We know from this that it is the last hour.
Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; keep it, and repent. But if you are not alert, I will come like a thief, and you have no idea at what hour I will come against you.
Because you have kept My command to endure, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is going to come over the whole world to test those who live on the earth.
When He opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
So the four angels who were prepared for the hour, day, month, and year were released to kill a third of the human race.
He spoke with a loud voice: “Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come. Worship the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.”
The 10 horns you saw are 10 kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but they will receive authority as kings with the beast for one hour.
They will stand far off in fear of her torment, saying:Woe, woe, the great city,Babylon, the mighty city!For in a single houryour judgment has come.
for in a single hoursuch fabulous wealth was destroyed!And every shipmaster, seafarer, the sailors, and all who do business by sea, stood far off
They threw dust on their heads and kept crying out, weeping, and mourning:Woe, woe, the great city,where all those who have ships on the seabecame rich from her wealth,for in a single hour she was destroyed.