Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Matthew 20:5
Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.
The sixth and ninth hour – That is, about twelve oclock and three oclock.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 5. The sixth hour] Twelve o’clock. Ninth hour – three o’clock in the afternoon.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
5. Again he went out about the sixthand ninth hourabout noon, and about three o’clock in theafternoon.
and did likewisehiringand sending into his vineyard fresh laborers each time.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour,…. About twelve o’clock, or at noon, and three o’clock in the afternoon. These three last mentioned seasons of the day, were the hours of prayer; see Ac 2:15 and did likewise: seeing others in the same place, and posture, he called them, and sent them into his vineyard, to labour there, giving them the same promise he did to others.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
5. Sixth hour Twelve o’clock.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
“Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did the same.”
Again perhaps His manager twice warns Him that with the workforce that they have the work will not be finished by the evening. But whatever the reason He goes out around noon and then again around 3:00 pm. (15:00 hours). And again He hires labourers on the same terms as the previous ones at 9:00 am, the terms of trust and obedience. His operations are to go on all through the day.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Mat 20:5 ff. ] the same thing, namely, as he had done in the preceding case, Mat 20:4 , sending them away, and promising them also only what was equitable . Comp. Mat 20:7 .
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Fuente: Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer’s New Testament Commentary
5 Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.
Ver. 5. About the sixth and ninth hour ] God hath his servants of all sexes and sizes, calling when and whom he pleaseth. And they have the comfort and credit of it that are first called, so they walk worthy of their time, and that vocation wherewith they are called, Eph 3:1 . Thus it was an honour to Mnason that he was an “old disciple,” Act 21:16 ; and to Andronicus and Junia, that Paul should say of them, “who also were in Christ before,” Rom 16:7 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Mat 20:5 . : repetition of the action at sixth and ninth hours; more men still on similar footing.
Fuente: The Expositors Greek Testament by Robertson
the sixth . . . hour. The hour of the vision when Peter was sent to the Gentiles at Caesarea (Act 10:9). ninth hour. The hour when the angel appeared to Cornelius (Act 10:3), and others became labourers (Act 21:16).
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
sixth: Mat 27:45, Mar 15:33, Mar 15:34, Luk 23:44-46, Joh 1:39, Joh 4:6, Joh 11:9, Act 3:1, Act 10:3, Act 10:9
and did: Gen 12:1-4, Jos 24:2, Jos 24:3, 2Ch 33:12-19, Heb 11:24-26
Reciprocal: Mat 21:28 – sons
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
20:5
The householder went back for more men at noon and 3 P. M. and made the same bargain for it says and did likewise.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Mat 20:5. Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour At noon, and three in the afternoon; and did likewise Sent others to work on the same general promise of giving them as much as they could reasonably expect. Thus many of the Jews were brought into the Christian Church, the Lords vineyard, by the preaching of the apostles, after the descent of the Holy Ghost, first in Judea, and afterward in different parts of the world; and many in a state of manhood, and some in declining years, have in former ages obeyed the gospel call, and not a few, at the same periods of human life, obey it in the present age in this country, and in other parts of the earth, where the gospel is preached with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Verse 5
About the sixth and ninth hour, at noon and in the middle of the afternoon.