Matthew 20:5
Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.
Matthew 20:5 in other translations
| BSB | So they went. He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and did the same thing. |
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| WEB | Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise. |
| ASV | Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise. |
| YLT | and they went away. ‘Again, having gone forth about the sixth and the ninth hour, he did in like manner. |
| DARBY | Again, having gone out about the sixth and ninth hour, he did likewise. |
| BBE | Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did the same. |
| Webster | Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise. |
What does Matthew 20:5 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
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Barnes' Notes
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Matthew 20:1-16
The direct object of this parable seems to be, to show that though the Jews were first called into the vineyard, at length the gospel should be preached to the Gentiles, and they should be admitted to equal privileges and advantages with the Jews. The parable may also be applied more generally, and shows, 1. That God is debtor to no man. 2. That many who begin last, and promise little in religion, sometimes, by the…
Matthew 20:5 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Matthew 20:5
- Joshua 24:2-3
And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods. And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.
- Mark 15:33-34
And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
- Hebrews 11:24-26
By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter; Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.
- Acts 3:1
Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.
- Luke 23:44-46
And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst. And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.
- John 1:39
He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour.
- Acts 10:3
He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius.
- 2 Chronicles 33:12-19
And when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord he was God. Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah. And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the Lord, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the Lord, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city. …
- Matthew 27:45
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
- Acts 10:9
On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:
- John 4:6
Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.
- John 11:9
Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.
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27:45; Mr 15:33,34; Lu 23:44-46; Joh 1:39; 4:6; 11:9; Ac 3:1; 10:3,9
and did.
Ge 12:1-4; Jos 24:2,3; 2Ch 33:12-19; Heb 11:24-26
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Context
- Matthew 20:4
And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.
- Matthew 20:5
Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.
- Matthew 20:6
And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
Matthew 20:5 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Salió otra vez cerca de las horas sexta y nona, é hizo lo mismo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et ils s’en allèrent. Sortant encore vers la sixième heure et vers la neuvième heure, il fit de même. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Sie aber gingen hin. Wiederum aber ging er aus um die sechste und neunte Stunde und tat desgleichen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Illi autem abierunt. Iterum autem exiit circa sextam et nonam horam: et fecit similiter. |