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A:In an apparently artificial structure, Mark's Gospel gives us the chronology of the last twenty four hours in the life of Jesus, breaking them up into eight segments each of exactly three hours, and the later gospels follow this pattern more or less faithfully.

After having a Passover meal, which traditionally took three hours and was followed by a hymn, Jesus went out to the Garden of Gethsemene at just 9 pm. He went to pray and, when he returned, found the disciples asleep and asked, "Could you not watch one hour?" Jesus returned to the disciples three times. It was now midnight, the darkest hour and time for the darkest deed, his betrayal by Judas. Jesus had been in the garden for exactly three hours.

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