From Reformation to Reformation

Hugo Grotius But let us return now to the principal difficulty, which yet remains, namely, in what way Mark’s Third Hour  might be able to be reconciled with John’s Sixth  reckoned according to the manner of the Jews; so that we might see whether we are able to loose the same with any probable explanation.  Eminent men have tried to bring the Evangelists into agreement by the help of the distinction between the greater and lesser hours, so that John mentions the lesser sixth

Verse 5: [1]   Although my house be not so with God; ( 2 Sam. 7:15, 16; Ps. 89:29; Is. 55:3 ) yet he hath made with me an everlasting...

But when we thus acknowledge that John made mention of the Sixth Hour  according to the Jews’ common manner of reckoning the natural day...

Verse 4: [1]   And ( Judg. 5:31; Ps. 89:36; Prov. 4:18; Hos. 6:5; see Ps. 110:3 ) he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun...