1 Kings 18:29

18:29 Throughout the afternoon they were in an ecstatic frenzy, ¹  but there was no sound, no answer, and no response. ² 

Exodus 29:39-41

29:39 The first lamb you are to prepare in the morning, and the second lamb you are to prepare around sundown. ³  29:40 With the first lamb offer a tenth of an ephah ⁴  of fine flour mixed with a fourth of a hin ⁵  of oil from pressed olives, and a fourth of a hin of wine as a drink offering. 29:41 The second lamb you are to offer around sundown; you are to prepare for it the same meal offering as for the morning and the same drink offering, for a soothing aroma, an offering made by fire to the Lord.

Ezra 9:4-5

9:4 Everyone who held the words of the God of Israel in awe ⁶  gathered around me because of the unfaithful acts of the people of the exile. ⁷  Devastated, I continued to sit there until the evening offering.

9:5 At the time of the evening offering I got up from my self-abasement, ⁸  with my tunic and robe torn, and then dropped to my knees and spread my hands to the Lord my God.

Psalms 141:2

141:2 May you accept my prayer like incense,

my uplifted hands like the evening offering! ⁹ 

Daniel 8:13

8:13 Then I heard a holy one ¹⁰  speaking. Another holy one said to the one who was speaking, “To what period of time does the vision pertain – this vision concerning the daily sacrifice and the destructive act of rebellion and the giving over of both the sanctuary and army to be trampled?”

Daniel 9:21

9:21 yes, while I was still praying, ¹¹  the man Gabriel, whom I had seen previously ¹²  in a vision, was approaching me in my state of extreme weariness, ¹³  around the time of the evening offering.

Daniel 12:11

12:11 From the time that the daily sacrifice is removed and the abomination that causes desolation is set in place, ¹⁴  there are 1,290 days.

Acts 3:1

Peter and John Heal a Lame Man at the Temple

3:1 Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time ¹⁵  for prayer, ¹⁶  at three o’clock in the afternoon. ¹⁷ 

Acts 10:30

10:30 Cornelius ¹⁸  replied, ¹⁹  “Four days ago at this very hour, at three o’clock in the afternoon, ²⁰  I was praying in my house, and suddenly ²¹  a man in shining clothing stood before me

[18:29]  ¹ tn Heb “when noon passed they prophesied until the offering up of the offering.”

[18:29]  ² tc The Old Greek translation and Syriac Peshitta include the following words here: “When it was time to offer the sacrifice, Elijah the Tishbite spoke to the prophets of the abominations: ‘Stand aside for the time being, and I will offer my burnt offering.’ So they stood aside and departed.”

[29:39]  ³ tn Heb “between the two evenings” or “between the two settings” (בֵּין הָעַרְבָּיִם, ben ha’arbayim). This expression has had a good deal of discussion. (1) Tg. Onq. says “between the two suns,” which the Talmud explains as the time between the sunset and the time the stars become visible. More technically, the first “evening” would be the time between sunset and the appearance of the crescent moon, and the second “evening” the next hour, or from the appearance of the crescent moon to full darkness (see Deut 16:6 – “at the going down of the sun”). (2) Saadia, Rashi, and Kimchi say the first evening is when the sun begins to decline in the west and cast its shadows, and the second evening is the beginning of night. (3) The view adopted by the Pharisees and the Talmudists (b. Pesahim 61a) is that the first evening is when the heat of the sun begins to decrease, and the second evening begins at sunset, or, roughly from 3-5 p.m. The Mishnah (m. Pesahim 5:1) indicates the lamb was killed about 2:30 p.m. – anything before noon was not valid. S. R. Driver concludes from this survey that the first view is probably the best, although the last view was the traditionally accepted one (Exodus, 89-90). Late afternoon or early evening seems to be intended, the time of twilight perhaps.

[29:40]  ⁴ tn The phrase “of an ephah” has been supplied for clarity (cf. Num 28:5). The ephah was a commonly used dry measure whose capacity is now uncertain: “Quotations given for the ephah vary from ca. 45 to 20 liters” (C. Houtman, Exodus, 2:340-41).

[29:40]  ⁵ tn “Hin” is a transliterated Hebrew word that seems to have an Egyptian derivation. The amount of liquid measured by a hin is uncertain: “Its presumed capacity varies from about 3,5 liters to 7,5 liters” (C. Houtman, Exodus, 3:550).

[9:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “who trembled at the words of the God of Israel.”

[9:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “the exile”; the words “the people” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[9:5]  ⁸ tn The Hebrew word used here is a hapax legomenon. It refers to the self-abasement that accompanies religious sorrow and fasting.

[141:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “may my prayer be established [like] incense before you, the uplifting of my hands [like] an evening offering.”

[8:13]  ¹⁰ sn The holy one referred to here is presumably an angel. Cf. 4:13[10], 23 [20].

[9:21]  ¹¹ tn Heb “speaking in prayer.”

[9:21]  ¹² tn Heb “in the beginning.”

[9:21]  ¹³ tn The Hebrew expression בִּיעָף מֻעָף (mu’af bi’af) is very difficult. The issue is whether the verb derives from עוּף (’uf, “to fly”) or from יָעַף (ya’af, “to be weary”). Many ancient versions and modern commentators take the first of these possibilities and understand the reference to be to the swift flight of the angel Gabriel in his coming to Daniel. The words more likely refer to the extreme weariness, not of the angel, but of Daniel. Cf. 7:28; 8:27; 10:8-9, 16-17; also NASB.

[12:11]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “to give.”

[3:1]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “hour.”

[3:1]  ¹⁶ sn Going up to the temple at the time for prayer. The earliest Christians, being of Jewish roots, were still participating in the institutions of Judaism at this point. Their faith in Christ did not make them non-Jewish in their practices.

[3:1]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “at the ninth hour.” This is calculated from sunrise (Josephus, Ant. 14.4.3 [14.65]; Dan 9:21).

[10:30]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “And Cornelius.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.

[10:30]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “said.”

[10:30]  ²⁰ tn Grk “at the ninth hour.” Again, this is the hour of afternoon prayer.

[10:30]  ²¹ tn Grk “and behold.” The interjection ἰδού (idou) is difficult at times to translate into English. Here it has been translated as “suddenly” to convey the force of Cornelius’ account of the angel’s appearance.