Questions and Answers

Was Christ crucified at the third or sixth hour?

Matthew, Mark, Luke, and Acts used Hebrew time but John used Roman time.

Another example of this is in John 18:28 - early morning refers to the fourth Roman watch, which was 3 a.m. to 6 a.m.

    Christ was crucified at the third hour
    • Mark 15:25 - It was the third hour when they crucified him
    Christ was not crucified until the sixth hour