Old Testament

John 19:14
14It was about the sixth hour[] on the Preparation Day for the Passover. Pilate said to the Jews, “Here is your king!”

Footnotes

  • 19:14 The word about indicates an approximate time reference. Likely this was in the first part of the day, between 6 AM and 9 AM, using the time system of the Roman civil day, which began at 12 midnight. Mark 15:25 states that Jesus was crucified at 9 AM. John also seems to use Roman civil time to calculate the day in John 20:19 (because the evening is considered part of the first day of the week; Jewish time regarded sunset as the beginning of the next day).