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[[ | <!-- interlanguage:start -->[[ko:성경의 시간법]]<!-- interlanguage:end -->The '''way time is recorded in the Bible''' differs depending on the historical period. By the time of [[Jesus Christ|Jesus]], the daylight hours were divided into twelve parts. Although we also divide the day into twelve hours today, the way the hours are counted is different. In the [[The New Testament|New Testament]], a day began at sunrise, which was counted as the zero hour. In contrast, in the modern system we use today, a day begins at midnight, so sunrise would correspond to about the sixth hour. | ||
The '''way time is recorded in the Bible''' differs depending on the historical period. By the time of [[Jesus Christ|Jesus]], the daylight hours were divided into twelve parts. Although we also divide the day into twelve hours today, the way the hours are counted is different. In the [[The New Testament|New Testament]], a day began at sunrise, which was counted as the zero hour. In contrast, in the modern system we use today, a day begins at midnight, so sunrise would correspond to about the sixth hour. | |||
==Jewish Time== | ==Jewish Time== | ||
===Daytime=== | ===Daytime=== | ||
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In the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard, the owner goes out to hire laborers throughout the day—from early morning until sunset. He hires workers at the third hour, the sixth hour, the ninth hour, and so on. The workers hired at the eleventh hour worked only about one hour before the day ended. This shows that in the Jewish time system of that period, the day was divided into twelve hours beginning at sunrise. Sunrise was considered the ''zero hour,'' and sunset the ''twelfth hour.'' One limitation of this system was that it varied slightly by season, since the length of daylight changes throughout the year as sunrise and sunset times shift.<br>On the other hand, our modern time system begins the day at midnight (00:00). Since sunrise today is typically around 6:00 a.m., there is roughly a six-hour difference between the modern system and the one used in Jesus’ time, when the day began at sunrise.<br> | In the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard, the owner goes out to hire laborers throughout the day—from early morning until sunset. He hires workers at the third hour, the sixth hour, the ninth hour, and so on. The workers hired at the eleventh hour worked only about one hour before the day ended. This shows that in the Jewish time system of that period, the day was divided into twelve hours beginning at sunrise. Sunrise was considered the ''zero hour,'' and sunset the ''twelfth hour.'' One limitation of this system was that it varied slightly by season, since the length of daylight changes throughout the year as sunrise and sunset times shift.<br>On the other hand, our modern time system begins the day at midnight (00:00). Since sunrise today is typically around 6:00 a.m., there is roughly a six-hour difference between the modern system and the one used in Jesus’ time, when the day began at sunrise.<br> | ||
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<small>{{참고|Day Reckoning in the Bible}}</small> | <small>{{참고|Day Reckoning in the Bible}}</small> | ||