'O'clock' in the Bible
When he went out about nine o'clock, he saw others standing in the marketplace without work.
So off they went. He went out again about noon and about three o'clock and did the same thing.
About five o'clock he went out and found some others standing around. He asked them, "Why are you standing here all day long without work?'
Those who were hired at five o'clock came, and each received a denarius.
Now from the sixth hour (noon) there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour (3:00 p.m.).
About three o'clock, Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "Eli, eli, lema sabachthani?", which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
So keep on watching, because you don't know when the master of the house is coming whether in the evening, at three o'clock in the morning, or at dawn.
It was nine o'clock in the morning when they crucified him.
When the sixth hour (noon) came, darkness covered the whole land until the ninth hour (3:00 p.m.).
At three o'clock, Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "Eloi, eloi, lema sabachthani?" (which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?")
It was now about the sixth hour (noon), and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour (3:00 p.m.),
He told them, "Come and see!" So they went and saw where he was staying, and they remained with him that day. It was about four o'clock in the afternoon.
Jacob's Well was there: and accordingly Jesus, tired out with His journey, sat down by the well to rest. It was about six o'clock in the evening.
So he asked them at what hour he had begun to recover, and they told him, "The fever left him yesterday at one o'clock in the afternoon."
Now it was the day of Preparation for the Passover [week], and it was about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, “Look, your King!”
"Men of Judea and everyone living in Jerusalem! You must understand something, so pay close attention to my words. These men are not drunk as you suppose, for it's only nine o'clock in the morning.
One afternoon, Peter and John were on their way to the Temple for the three o'clock prayer time.
About three o'clock one afternoon he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God who came in and said to him, "Cornelius."
Cornelius replied, "Four days ago at this very hour, three o'clock in the afternoon, I was praying in my home. All at once a man in radiant clothes stood in front of me
But when some were becoming hardened and disobedient [to the word of God], discrediting and speaking evil of the Way (Jesus, Christianity) before the congregation, Paul left them, taking the disciples with him, and went on holding daily discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus [instead of in the synagogue].
Then he summoned two centurions and ordered, "Get 200 soldiers ready to leave for Caesarea at nine o'clock tonight, along with 70 mounted soldiers and 200 soldiers with spears.