Watches, Night
Watches, Night
There were with the Israelites three night watches:
1. From sunset (about 6 P.M.) to 10 P.M. Lam 2:19.
2. The middle watch, from 10 P.M. to 2 A.M. Jdg 7:19.
3. From 2 A.M. till sunrise. 1Sa 11:11. Under the Romans there were four night watches, agreeing with the changes of the Roman guards, each being of three hours’ duration, from sunset to sunrise. They were sometimes called evening, midnight, cock-crowing and morning. Mat 14:25; Mat 24:43; Mar 6:48; Mar 13:35; Luk 12:38.