it+was+after+2+o'clock

ὥρα, ας, ἡ (Hom. [ὥρη]+; ins, pap, LXX; PsSol 18:10; TestSol, TestAbr, TestJob, Test12Patr, JosAs, ParJer, GrBar; ApcEsdr 3:4 p. 27, 9 Tdf.; ApcSed, ApcMos, EpArist, Philo, Joseph.; Ar. 15:10; Just.; Tat. 20, 2).

① an undefined period of time in a day, time of day ὀψὲ ἤδη οὔσης τῆς ὥρας since it was already late in the day or since the hour was (already) late Mk 11:11 v.l.; cp. MPol 7:1b (s. ὀψέ 1 and 2; Demosth. 21, 84; Polyb. 3, 83, 7 ὀψὲ τῆς ὥρας). ὀψίας οὔσης τῆς ὥρας Mk 11:11 (ὄψιος 1). ὥρα πολλή late hour (Polyb. 5, 8, 3; Dionys. Hal. 2, 54; TestAbr A 14 p. 94, 24 [Stone p. 36]; Jos., Ant. 8, 118) 6:35ab. ἡ ὥρα ἤδη παρῆλθεν Mt 14:15 (παρέρχομαι 2).—Mt 24:42 v.l., 44; Lk 12:39, 40; Rv 3:3; D 16:1. W. ἡμέρα day and time of day, hour (ApcEsdr 3:4 p. 27, 9 Tdf.) Mt 24:36, 50; 25:13; Mk 13:32; Lk 12:46.

② a period of time as division of a day, hour

ⓐ beside year, month, and day Rv 9:15; the twelfth part of a day (=period of daylight) οὐχὶ δώδεκα ὧραί εἰσιν τῆς ἡμέρας; J 11:9 (TestAbr B 7 p. 111, 24 [Stone p. 70]). μίαν ὥραν ἐποίησαν Mt 20:12 (s. ποιέω 6); cp. Lk 22:59; Ac 5:7; 19:34 (ἐπὶ ὥρας δύο CBurchard, ZNW 61, ’70, 167f; TestBenj 3:7, Judah 3, 4); MPol 7:3. συνεψήφισα τὰς ὥρας I counted the hours Hv 3, 1, 4. One ὥρα in this world corresponds to a ὥρα thirty days in length in the place of punishment Hs 6, 4, 4. μίαν ὥραν (not even) one hour Mt 26:40; Mk 14:37. Such passages help us to understand how ὥρα can acquire the sense

ⓑ a short period of time μιᾷ ὥρᾳ (cp. TestJob 7:12; ApcMos 25 [both ἐν]) in a single hour=in an extraordinarily short time Rv 18:10, 17, 19. μίαν ὥραν for a very short time 17:12. Likew. πρὸς ὥραν for a while, for a moment J 5:35; 2 Cor 7:8; Gal 2:5 (s. on this pass. KLake, Gal 2:3–5: Exp. 7th ser., 1, 1906, 236–45; CWatkins, Der Kampf des Pls um Galatien 1913; BBacon, JBL 42, 1923, 69–80); Phlm 15; MPol 11:2. πρὸς καιρὸν ὥρας 1 Th 2:17.

ⓒ as a temporal indicator, reckoned from the beginning of the day (6 hours or 6 A.M., our time) or the night (18 hours or 6 P.M.) (Plut. et al.; Appian, Mithrid. 19 §72 ἑβδόμης ὥρας=at the 7th hour or 1 P.M.; SIG 671A, 9 [162/160 B.C.] ὥρας δευτέρας; 736, 109 [92 B.C.] ἀπὸ τετάρτας ὥρας ἕως ἑβδόμας; Jos., Vi. 279 ἕκτη ὥ.; Mitt-Wilck. I/2, 1 II, 21 [246 B.C.] περὶ ὀγδόην ὥραν; PTebt 15, 2 [II B.C.]; Sb 5252, 20 [I A.D.] ἀφʼ ὥρας ὀγδόης; EpArist 303 μέχρι μὲν ὥρας ἐνάτης) ἕως ὥρας δευτέρας until the second hour (=8 A.M.) Hs 9, 11, 7. ὥρα τρίτη nine o’clock (A.M.) Mk 15:25 (Goodsp., Probs. 68f); Ac 2:15 (τῆς ἡμέρας); περὶ τρίτην ὥραν about nine o’clock (Appian, Bell. Civ. 2, 45 §182 περὶ τρίτην ὥραν ἡμέρας) Mt 20:3; ἀπὸ τρίτης ὥρας τῆς νύκτος by nine o’clock at night (= 21 hours, or simply tonight) Ac 23:23 (TestAbr A 5 p. 82, 11 [Stone p. 12] περὶ ὥραν τρίτην τῆς νυκτός; cp. ibid. B 6 p. 109, 27 [St. p. 66]; Jos., Bell. 6, 68; 79 ἀπὸ ἐνάτης ὥ. τῆς νυκτὸς εἰς ἑβδόμην τῆς ἡμέρας). ἀπὸ ὥρας ε´ (=πέμπτης) ἕως δεκάτης from eleven o’clock in the morning until four in the afternoon (= 16 hours) Ac 19:9 v.l. περὶ ὥραν πέμπτην (PTebt 15, 2 [114 B.C.]; POxy 1114, 24 περὶ ὥ. τρίτην) at eleven o’clock (A.M.) Hv 3, 1, 2. ὥρα ἕκτη twelve o’clock noon Mt 20:5; 27:45a; Mk 15:33a; Lk 23:44a; J 4:6 (ὥρα ὡς ἕκτη about noon; TestJos 8:1 ὥρα ὡσεὶ ἕκτη; ParJer 1:11 ἕκτην ὥραν τῆς νυκτός); 19:14 (ὥρα ὡς ἕκτη); Ac 10:9. ἐχθὲς ὥραν ἑβδόμην yesterday at one o’clock in the afternoon (= 13 hours) J 4:52b (on the use of the acc. to express a point of time s. Hdb. ad loc.; Soph., Lex. I 44; B-D-F §161, 3; Rob. 470). ὥρᾳ ὀγδόῃ at two o’clock in the afternoon (= 14 hours) MPol 21. ὥρα ἐνάτη three in the afternoon (= 15 hours) Mt 20:5; 27:45f; Mk 15:33b, 34; Lk 23:44b; Ac 3:1 (ἐπὶ τὴν ὥραν τῆς προσευχῆς τὴν ἐνάτην); 10:3 (ὡσεὶ περὶ ὥ. ἐνάτην τῆς ἡμέρας); ὥρας θ´ AcPl Ha 11, 3; περὶ ὥραν ἐνάτην GJs 2:4; GPt 6:22 (TestAbr B 12 p. 117, 2 [Stone p. 82] κατὰ τὴν ἐνάτην ὥραν). ὥρα ὡς δεκάτη about four in the afternoon (= 16 hours) J 1:39. ἑνδεκάτη ὥρα five o’clock in the afternoon (= 17 hours) Mt 20:(6, without ὥρα), 9. ἀπὸ τετάρτης ἡμέρας μέχρι ταύτης τῆς ὥρας ἤμην τὴν ἐνάτην προσευχόμενος four days ago, reckoned from (=at) this very hour, I was praying at three o’clock in the afternoon (= 15 hours) Ac 10:30 (echoing vs. 3, but inelegantly phrased; s. comm. on the textual problems). ἐπύθετο τὴν ὥραν ἐν ᾗ … he inquired at what time … J 4:52a; cp. vs. 53 (cp. Ael. Arist. 50, 56 K.=26 p. 519 D.: … τὴν ὥραν αἰσθάνομαι … ἐκείνην, ἐν ᾗ … ; 47, 56 K.=23 p. 459 D.: ἀφυπνιζόμην κ. εὗρον ἐκείνην τὴν ὥραν οὖσαν, ᾗπερ …). ᾗ ἡμέρᾳ καὶ ὥρᾳ ἐμαρτύρησεν ὁ Πολύκαρπος the very day and hour that … EpilMosq 4.—Less definite are the indications of time in such expressions as ἄχρι τῆς ἄρτι ὥρας up to the present moment 1 Cor 4:11. πᾶσαν ὥραν hour after hour, every hour, constantly (Ex 18:22; Lev 16:2; JosAs 15:7; Ar. [Milne 76, 34]; cp. TestJob 10:1 πάσας ὥρας) 15:30. Also καθʼ ὥραν (Strabo 15, 1, 55; Ps.-Clem., Hom. 3, 69) 2 Cl 12:1. αὐτῇ τῇ ὥρᾳ at that very time, at once, instantly (oft. pap, e.g. POxy 235, 7 [I A.D.]; Da 3:6, 15; TestAbr B 12 p. 116, 27 [Stone p. 80]; GrBar 14:1; 15:1; ApcMos 20) Lk 2:38; 24:33; Ac 16:18; 22:13.

③ a point of time as an occasion for an event, time (BGU 1816, 12 [I B.C.] πρὸ ὥρας=before the right time) ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ὥρᾳ Mt 8:13; 10:19; 18:1 (v.l. ἡμέρᾳ); 26:55; Mk 13:11; Lk 7:21; Ac 16:33; Rv 11:13; MPol 7:2a; GJs 20:2 (only pap). Likew. ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ ὥρᾳ Lk 10:21; 12:12; 13:31; 20:19 (on both expressions s. JJeremias, ZNW 42, ’49, 214–17). ἀπὸ τῆς ὥρας ἐκείνης from that time on, at once Mt 9:22; 15:28; 17:18; J 19:27. ὥρα ἐν ᾗ J 5:28. ὥρα ὅτε 4:21, 23; 5:25; 16:25 (cp. ApcMos 17 περὶ ὥραν ὅταν). ὥρα ἵνα 16:2, 32. W. gen. of thing, the time for which has come (Diod S 13, 94, 1; Ael. Aristid. 51, 1 K.=27 p. 534 D.; PGM 1, 221 ἀνάγκης; JosAs 3:3 μεσημβρίας … καὶ ἀρίστου; ApcMos 42 [of Eve’s request] ἐν τῇ ὥρᾳ τῆς τελευτῆς αὐτῆς; Jos., Ant. 7, 326 ὥ. ἀρίστου; SibOr 4, 56) ἡ ὥρα τοῦ θυμιάματος Lk 1:10; τοῦ δείπνου 14:17, cp. MPol 7:1a; τοῦ πειρασμοῦ Rv 3:10; τῆς κρίσεως 14:7; τῆς δοξολογίας αὐτοῦ GJs 13:1; τοῦ ἀσπασμοῦ 24:1; ἡ ὥρα αὐτῶν the time for them J 16:4; w. the gen. (of the Passover) to be supplied Lk 22:14. Also w. inf. (Hom. et al.; Lucian, Dial. Deor. 20, 1; Aelian, VH 1, 21) ἡ ὥρα θερίσαι the time to reap Rv 14:15 (cp. Theopomp. [IV B.C.]: 115 Fgm. 31 Jac. θερινὴ ὥ.; Paus. 2, 35, 4 ὥ. θέρους). Also acc. w. inf. (Gen 29:7) ὥρα (ἐστιν) ὑμᾶς ἐξ ὕπνου ἐγερθῆναι Ro 13:11.—W. gen. of pers. the time of or for someone to do or to suffer someth. (cp. Philo, Leg. ad Gai. 168 σὸς νῦν ὁ καιρός ἐστιν, ἐπέγειρε σαυτόν) of a woman who is to give birth (cp. GrBar 3:5 ἐν τῇ ὥρᾳ τοῦ τεκεῖν αὐτήν) ἡ ὥρα αὐτῆς J 16:21 (v.l. ἡμέρα, s. ἡμέρα 3, beg.).—Lk 22:53. Esp. of Jesus, of whose ὥρα J speaks, as the time of his death (Diod S 15, 87, 6: the dying Epaminondas says ὥρα ἐστὶ τελευτᾶν. Cp. MPol 8:1 τοῦ ἐξιέναι) and of the glorification which is inextricably bound up w. it ἡ ὥρα αὐτοῦ J 7:30; 8:20; 13:1 (foll. by ἵνα); cp. ἡ ὥρα μου 2:4 (s. Hdb. ad loc.). ἡ ὥρα ἵνα δοξασθῇ 12:23. ἡ ὥρα αὕτη 12:27ab. Also abs. ἐλήλυθεν ἡ ὥρα 17:1 (AGeorge, ‘L’heure’ de J 17, RB 61, ’54, 392–97); cp. Mt 26:45; Mk 14:35, 41.—ἐσχάτη ὥρα the last hour in the present age of the world’s existence 1J 2:18ab.—CCowling, Mark’s Use of ὥρα, Australian Biblical Review 5, ’56, 153–60. EBickermann, Chronology of the Ancient World ² ’80, 13–16.—B. 954 and esp. 1001. DELG. M-M. EDNT. TW.

τρίτος, η, ον (τρεῖς; Hom.+)

① third in a series, third

ⓐ used as adj., w. a noun that can oft. be supplied fr. the context ἕως τρίτου οὐρανοῦ 2 Cor 12:2 (GrBar 10:1; ApcSed 2:4; ApcMos 37.—IdeVuippens, Le Paradis terrestre au troisième ciel 1925. Also EPeterson, TLZ 52, 1927, 78–80. Further lit. s.v. οὐρανός 1e). τὸ τρίτον ζῷον Rv 4:7. Cp. 6:5ab; 8:10a; 11:14. τρίτον γένος PtK 2 p. 15, 8 (s. γένος 3). τρίτου βαθμοῦ GJs 7:3. μίλιον τρ. 17:2. (ἐν) τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ (Appian, Liby. 122 §578; JosAs 29:8; AscIs 3:16; Just., D. 97, 1) Mt 16:21; 17:23; 20:19; Lk 9:22; 24:7, 46; Ac 10:40. τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ Lk 18:33; J 2:1; 1 Cor 15:4. (SMcCasland, The Scripture Basis of ‘On the Third Day’: JBL 48, 1929, 124–37; GLandes, JBL 86, ’67, 446–50 [Jonah]. See s.v. τρεῖς). ἕως τρίτης ἡμέρας Mt 27:64 (cp. TestAbr A 20 p. 103, 23 [Stone p. 54] ἕως τρίτης ἡμέρας). μετὰ τρίτην ἡμέραν after three days (Appian, Iber. 43 §177) Ac 10:40 D. τρίτη ὥρα (=nine o’clock in the morning) 20:3 or ὥρα τρίτη Mk 15:25 (AMahoney, CBQ 28, ’66, 292–99); Ac 2:15. τρίτη ὥρα τῆς νυκτός (=nine o’clock at night, as TestAbr A 5 p. 82, 11 [Stone p. 12]) Ac 23:23. ἐν τῇ τρ. φυλακῇ Lk 12:38.—τρίτην ταύτην ἡμέραν (Lucian, Dial. Mort. 13, 3; Achilles Tat. 7, 11, 2; s. ἄγω 4) Lk 24:21. ἄλλος ἄγγελος τρίτος Rv 14:9.—The noun is supplied fr. the context (Diog. L. 2, 46 Ἀριστοτέλης ἐν τρίτῳ [i.e., book] περὶ ποιητικῆς) Mt 22:26; Mk 12:21; Lk 20:12, 31; Rv 16:4; 21:19. τῇ τρίτῃ (sc. ἡμέρᾳ. Likew. τῇ τρίτῃ GDI p. 874, ⁿ50b, 3 [Chios about 600 B.C.]; Demosth. [I A.D.] in Aëtius 186, 16; Appian, Bell. Civ. 2, 88 §369; Arrian, Anab. 7, 11, 1. Cp. Jos., Vi. 229 εἰς τρίτην) Lk 13:32 (looking toward the fut. after σήμερον and αὔριον=the day after tomorrow; cp. Epict. 4, 10, 31; 4, 12, 21; M. Ant. 4, 47.—Looking back at the past, the third day would = ‘the day before yesterday’. Cp. Ps.-Lucian, Halc c. 3 ἑώρας τρίτην ἡμέραν ὅσος ἦν ὁ χειμών=the day before yesterday you experienced how severe the storm was); Ac 27:19. Sc. ἔτος GJs 7:1.

ⓑ used as adv. τὸ τρίτον the third time (Hom. et al.; PLips 33 II, 15; TestAbr A 13 p. 92, 18 [Stone p. 32]), τρίτον a third time (Aeschyl. et al.; Jos., Ant. 8, 371), both in the sense for the third time Mk 14:41; Lk 23:22; J 21:17ab. In the same sense ἐκ τρίτου (Pla., Tim. 54b; ParJer 7:8; Aelian, VH 14, 46) Mt 26:44. τρίτον τοῦτο now for the third time, this is the third time (Judg 16:15) 2 Cor 12:14; 13:1. τοῦτο ἤδη τρίτον J 21:14 (s. FNeirynck, ETL 64, ’88, 431f). In enumerations (τὸ) τρίτον in the third place 1 Cor 12:28; D 16:6 (cp. Pla., Rep. 2, 358c; Plut., Mor. 459d; Just., A I, 26, 1; Iambl., Vi. Pyth. 29, 165 πρῶτον … δεύτερον … τρίτον; 30, 171).

② as a subst. a third part of someth., third, third part τὸ τρίτον (sc. μέρος; s. B-D-F §241, 7.—τὸ τρ. in this sense Diod S 17, 30, 3; Lucian, Tox. 46 τὸ τρ. τῆς ἀτιμίας; PFlor 4, 17; 19; Mitt-Wilck. I/2, 402 I, 18 τὸ νενομισμένον τρίτον=the third in accordance w. the law; Num 15:6, 7) the third part, one-third foll. by partitive gen. (Appian, Illyr. 26 §75 τὸ τρ. τούτων) Rv 8:7–12; 9:15, 18; 12:4.—DELG s.v. τρεῖς. M-M. EDNT. TW. Sv.

πρωί̈ adv. of time (cp. πρό; Hom.+; in Attic writers as πρῴ) in the early part of the daylight period, early, early in the morning Mt 16:3; 21:18; Mk 1:35; 11:20; 16:9; Hs 9, 11, 2 (opp. ὀψέ). As the fourth watch of the night (after ὀψὲ ἢ μεσονύκτιον ἢ ἀλεκτοροφωνίας) it is the time fr. three to six o’clock Mk 13:35. εὐθὺς πρ. as soon as morning came 15:1. ἅμα πρ. (ἅμα 2, end) Mt 20:1; λίαν πρ. w. dat., of the day very early Mk 16:2. ἀπὸ πρ. ἕως ἑσπέρας from morning till evening Ac 28:23 (cp. Jos., Ant. 13, 97). πρωὶ̈ σκοτίας ἔτι οὔσης J 20:1. ἦν πρ. it was early in the morning (B-D-F §129; 434, 1) 18:28. τὸ πρωί̈ is likew. an adv. (PSI 402, 10 [III B.C.] τὸ πρωὶ̈ εὐθέως; LXX; TestAbr B 2 p. 106, 7 [Stone p. 60] τῷ πρωί; TestNapht 1:3; JosAs 9:4; ApcEsdr 4:29; B-D-F §160; 161, 3) Ac 5:21 D. ἐπὶ τὸ πρωί̈ toward morning Mk 15:1 v.l.; for this another v.l. has ἐπὶ τῷ πρ.—Billerb. I 688–91; TMartin, BR 38, ’93, 55–69. B. 960. DELG s.v. πρώην. M-M.