Matthew 20:5
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So they went. He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and did the same thing.
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One afternoon Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? If anyone walks in the daytime, he will not stumble, because he sees by the light of this world.
“Come and see,” He replied. So they went and saw where He was staying, and spent that day with Him. It was about the tenth hour.
One day at about the ninth hour, he had a clear vision of an angel of God who came to him and said, “Cornelius!”
From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.
The next day at about the sixth hour, as the men were approaching the city on their journey, Peter went up on the roof to pray.
Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.