1 Kings 18:36

18:36 When it was time for the evening offering, ¹  Elijah the prophet approached the altar ²  and prayed: “O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, prove ³  today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command.

Ezra 9:5

9:5 At the time of the evening offering I got up from my self-abasement, ⁴  with my tunic and robe torn, and then dropped to my knees and spread my hands to the Lord my God.

Matthew 27:46

27:46 At ⁵  about three o’clock Jesus shouted with a loud voice, ⁶  “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” ⁷ 

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 ⁸  for prayer, ⁹  at three o’clock in the afternoon. ¹⁰ 

Acts 10:3

10:3 About three o’clock one afternoon ¹¹  he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God ¹²  who came in ¹³  and said to him, “Cornelius.”

Acts 10:9

10:9 About noon ¹⁴  the next day, while they were on their way and approaching ¹⁵  the city, Peter went up on the roof ¹⁶  to pray.

[18:36]  ¹ tn Heb “at the offering up of the offering.”

[18:36]  ² tn The words “the altar” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[18:36]  ³ tn Heb “let it be known.”

[9:5]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew word used here is a hapax legomenon. It refers to the self-abasement that accompanies religious sorrow and fasting.

[27:46]  ⁵ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[27:46]  ⁶ tn Grk “with a loud voice, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant here in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[27:46]  ⁷ sn A quotation from Ps 22:1.

[3:1]  ⁸ tn Grk “hour.”

[3:1]  ⁹ 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]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “at the ninth hour.” This is calculated from sunrise (Josephus, Ant. 14.4.3 [14.65]; Dan 9:21).

[10:3]  ¹¹ tn Grk “at about the ninth hour of the day.” This would be the time for afternoon prayer.

[10:3]  ¹² tn Or “the angel of God.” Linguistically, “angel of God” is the same in both testaments (and thus, he is either “an angel of God” or “the angel of God” in both testaments). For arguments and implications, see ExSyn 252; M. J. Davidson, “Angels,” DJG, 9; W. G. MacDonald argues for “an angel” in both testaments: “Christology and ‘The Angel of the Lord’,” Current Issues in Biblical and Patristic Interpretation, 324-35.

[10:3]  ¹³ tn The participles εἰσελθόντα (eiselqonta) and εἰπόντα (eiponta) are accusative, and thus best taken as adjectival participles modifying ἄγγελον (angelon): “an angel who came in and said.”

[10:9]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “about the sixth hour.”

[10:9]  ¹⁵ tn The participles ὁδοιπορούντων (Jodoiporountwn, “while they were on their way”) and ἐγγιζόντων (engizontwn, “approaching”) have been translated as temporal participles.

[10:9]  ¹⁶ sn Went up on the roof. Most of the roofs in the NT were flat roofs made of pounded dirt, sometimes mixed with lime or stones, supported by heavy wooden beams. They generally had an easy means of access, either a sturdy wooden ladder or stone stairway, sometimes on the outside of the house.