What was the hour of the crucifixion? Mark 15:25 says the "third hour." John 19:14 seems to make it "the sixth hour."
C. L. H.
The Jews divided the day into four parts, ending with the third hour, the sixth hour, the ninth hour, and the twelfth hour, and sometimes the hour stood for the period. Mark makes it after the third hour, John before the sixth hour. In other words, Jesus was crucified between those hours, between the hours of 9 and 12. Mark's expression would seem to mean that the third hour was passed; John's that it was approaching the sixth hour, or within that period ending with the sixth hour. The precise time is not meant to be given.
FIRST and Second Corinthians are concluded with the week. The remaining chapters of the first epistle still point out certain errors; exhort the Corinthians to unity and faithfulness; emphasize the great facts and blessings of spiritual gifts; and demonstrate in a masterly way the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. This first epistle also contains a remarkable piece of literature, Paul's panegyric on love, the 13th chapter; a perfect gem of literature as well as a wonderfully instructive chapter. The 15th chapter is a forceful article on the resurrection.
PAUL'S second epistle, written probably the next year, was called forth by the effect of the first. It commends them for heeding the reproof which he had given; points out the examples of God's ambassadors; pleads with them to be witnesses indeed for God who became sin for them that they might become righteousness in Him; shows very strongly what true repentance really is, as in the seventh chapter; exhorts to liberality in chapters 8 and 9; recounts his own suffering, and the grace of God to sustain those who suffer, and closes with a stirring exhortation and his usual benediction.
