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[[file:MontreGousset001.jpg |thumb| 200px |In the time of Jesus, the nation of Judea used the Jewish time system.]] | <!-- interlanguage:start -->[[ko:성경의 시간법]]<!-- interlanguage:end -->[[file:MontreGousset001.jpg |thumb| 200px |In the time of Jesus, the nation of Judea used the Jewish time system.]]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=== | ||