Bible Dictionary: Night: Divided Into Hours

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Acts 23:23
And he called to him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and horsemen three score and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night;
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Furthermore, as to the Proposal Subjoined to Your Epistle...
... equinox in the sun's descent, should be found disjoined on the sixth before the
Kalends of January as six hours divided into twelve, the night holding eighteen ...
/.../the paschal canon of anatolius of alexandria/section xvi furthermore as to.htm

Whether Christ was in the Tomb Only one Day and Two Nights?
... day is an entire day with twenty-four hours of night and day; while ... that Christ rose
in the middle of the night, not that night is divided into two equal ...
//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether christ was in the.htm

Of the vigil Service which is Celebrated on the Evening Preceding ...
... daybreak, we shall save all the hours of Vigils ... day what we have cut off from the
night. ... Antiphonal singing, where the congregation was divided into two parts ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter viii of the vigil.htm

Excursus on the Choir Offices of the Early Church.
... origin, and which he tells us was divided into three parts ... This Mr. Battifol thinks
was introduced into Antioch about ad ... to it in Russia on the night of Easter ...
/.../schaff/the seven ecumenical councils/excursus on the choir offices.htm

On the Creation of the World
... The day, as I have above related, is divided into two parts by the number
twelve"by the twelve hours of day and night; and by these hours too, months, and ...
/.../victorinus/on the creation of the world/on the creation of the.htm

Concerning Light, Fire, the Luminaries, Sun, Moon and Stars.
... it falls the shortest day, which has only nine hours, and the longest night, which
has ... the zodiac has an oblique motion and is divided into twelve sections ...
/.../john/exposition of the orthodox faith/chapter vii concerning light fire the.htm

The Liturgical Standards of the Roman Church.
... It is divided into four parts, according to the four seasons ... canonical hours of devotion,
which are brought into connection with ... The Nocturn is a night service. ...
/.../ 35 the liturgical standards.htm

The Night of Miracles on the Lake of Gennesaret
... should be divided into three, or (as among the Romans) into four watches. The latter
(which would count the night at twelve instead of nine hours) was adopted ...
/.../edersheim/the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter xxx the night of.htm

The Resurrection of Lazarus.
... The Jews always divided the space from sunrise to sunset into twelve hours, whether
the days were ... He is not groping in the night or walking uncertainly. ...
/.../the new testament commentary vol iii john/the resurrection of lazarus.htm

And yet we Say, "A Long Time" and "A Short Time"...
... For it is made up of four and twenty hours of night and day ... If an instant of time
be conceived, which cannot be divided into the smallest particles of moments ...
/.../augustine/the confessions of saint augustine/chapter xv and yet we.htm

Subtopics

Night

Night Hawk

Night Hawk: Forbidden As Food

Night used Figuratively

Night: Belongs to God

Night: Caused by God

Night: Commenced at Sunset

Night: Continued Until Sunrise

Night: Death

Night: Designed for Rest

Night: Divided Into Four Watches by the Romans