Ninth Hour

Famous quotes containing the words ninth hour, ninth and/or hour:

    “And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”
    —Bible: New Testament Matthew, 27:46.

    The words of Jesus were anticipated in Psalms 22:1.

    “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.”
    —Bible: Hebrew Exodus, 20:16.

    The ninth commandment.

    “You have but little more to do than throw up your cap for entertainment these American days.... Farmers’ sons will stare by the hour to see a juggler draw ribbons from his throat, though he tells them it is all deception. Surely, men love darkness rather than light.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)