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
