Are there not twelve hours in the day

[tonychanyt]

John 11:

9 Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

Wiki:

The daytime period is divided into 12 relative hours ("halachic hours"). A relative hour is defined as 1⁄12 of the time from sunrise to sunset, or dawn to dusk

Every day of the year, the sun rose at the beginning of hour 1 and set at the end of hour 12. This system was based on a sundial, not a mechanical clock. Since Jerusalem is located at 32° N,

an hour can be less than 60 [modern-time] minutes in winter, and more than 60 minutes in summer; similarly, the 6th hour ends at solar noon.

The daylight duration was divided into 12 halachic hours.

Hour 1 started at sunrise.
Hour 4 started at the halfway between sunrise and solar noon.
Hour 6 ended with the solar noon.
Hour 10 started at the halfway between noon and sunset.
Hour 12 ended with sunset.

The daylight hours were divided into 4 quarters of 3 hours each.

Jesus said to two disciples of John the Baptizer in John 1:

39b “Come and you will see.” So they came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day, for it was about the tenth hour.

Only two more hours of daylight left, time to think about preparing dinner.

 

[AlexB23]

John 11:


Wiki:


Every day of the year, the sun rose at the beginning of hour 1 and set at the end of hour 12. This system was based on a sundial, not a mechanical clock. Since Jerusalem is located at 32° N,


The daylight duration was divided into 12 halachic hours.

Hour 1 started at sunrise.
Hour 4 started at the halfway between sunrise and solar noon.
Hour 6 ended with the solar noon.
Hour 10 started at the halfway between noon and sunset.
Hour 12 ended with sunset.

The daylight hours were divided into 4 quarters of 3 hours each.

Jesus said to two disciples of John the Baptizer in John 1:


Only two more hours of daylight left, time to think about preparing dinner.

The NIV clarifies this, by using the term "daylight" instead of day:

John 11:9 (NIV): Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? Anyone who walks in the daytime will not stumble, for they see by this world’s light.