Forsoth it was the makinge redy, or euyn, of pask, as the sixte our, or mydday. And he seith to the Jewiſ, Loo! ꝫoure kyng. ■Wycliffe Bible vol. 4, page 290.
For the time was of preparations, before Passover, as the sixth hour or midday. And he said to the Jews, Here is your king.
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Quoted by Thomas Paine in his Age of Reason, ■Conway vol. 4, page 158:
According to John (19:14) the sentence was not passed till about the sixth hour (noon), and consequently the execution could not be till the afternoon; but ■Mark (15:25) says expressly that he was crucified at the third hour (nine in the morning).
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