Roger, Wee-meng, I think the timesystem in the Bible are antique hours, 12 hours from sunrise to sunset. With the latest Dutch translation of the Bible a few years ago it was discussed to use "our" timesystem but I am glad they didn't. The antique hours are still in use.
Many times is said that noon is 6 but it is the end of the sixth hour and the seventh hour start. With sunrise the first hour start. Halfway afternoon 9 hours has past and the tenth hpour start. Antique hours are not moments as we are used to but an hour is a period of time. It is in the nineth hour and so on. Best wishes, Fer. Fer J. de Vries De Zonnewijzerkring http://www.de-zonnewijzerkring.nl Molens http://www.collsemolen.dse.nl Eindhoven, Netherlands lat. 51:30 N long. 5:30 E ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Bailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "wee-meng lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Sundial List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 4:30 AM Subject: Re: In the Bible, what time is "the 6th hour" in GMT? >I would say noon for the 6th hour. An interesting point on Biblical time. I > am reminded of the workers in the vineyard Mat 20 1-16. Those that started > at the 11th hour were paid the same as those that bore the heat of the day. > They needed a better union for fair wages. > > Day started at sunrise. Was it unequal hours, 12 hours per day of daylight, > every day of the year? Or was it Babylonian hours, equal hours starting at > sunrise. I suspect the former but the day starts at sunset for Jews. Friday > night is part of the Sabbath Day. Does this time refer to equal hours > starting at sunset, Italian hours. What are the Biblical hours? I don't > know. Today at the equinox, it does not matter. Biblical hours, Babylonian > hours or Italian hours using 12 hour cycles are all the same today. > > I do know that many religious ceremonies start at at 3:00 pm , Good Friday, > the ninth hour in Biblical and many other times. > > Regards, > Roger Bailey > www.walkingshadow.info > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "wee-meng lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Sundial List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 7:33 PM > Subject: In the Bible, what time is "the 6th hour" in GMT? > > >> Hi, >> >> Today as everyone knows is Good Friday. I was reading my bible and in the >> following verse it mentions about the "sixth hour" and the "ninth hour". >> >> Luke 23:44-45 It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the >> whole land until the ninth hour, [45] for the sun stopped shining. And >> curtain of the temple was torn in two. >> >> I'm trying to figure out what time that is in GMT and the Israel local >> time. >> Is it 6pm Israel local time? If so, does the Sun shine there from 6pm to >> 9pm normally? >> >> I'm staying near the equator and the Sun rises and sets about 7am, 7pm >> (our >> local time is moved forward 1 hr so in solar time, it's 6am/6pm) >> respectively all year round. >> >> thx! >> weemeng >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial >
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