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Generally, the "sixth hour" is considered the sixth hour after sunrise, or noon. Some scholars disagree, but this is the widely held belief. Good site to check is here: http://sol.sci.uop.edu/~jfalward/Crucifixion_Hour.htm

All the data from ancient Greek and Latin texts substantiate a single unified system of counting the hours of the day from sunrise to sunset.

And even more support from the conservative Christian scholar, F.F. Bruce, who wrote Romans divided the period of daylight (from sunrise to sunset) into twelve hours, and the period of darkness (from sunset to sunrise) into four watches (The Gospel of John, p.66)

Conclusive proof that the sunrise reference system was used not only by the Jews, but by Greeks and Romans alike is found in dozens of examples of time-reckoning found in the ancient writings. Interested readers will find these examples in the article, Time Reckoning in ancient Rome.

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