Christian scholars have made up many LIES in order to make John 19:14 say some different. One of the inventions was making believe that Romas counted hours from midnight and form noon. In that case the sixth hour would be 6am.
The fact is that secular historians know very well that all ancient civilizations counted hours from sunrise to sunset; being the Roman no exception. They know that time counted from midnight commenced only with the mechanical clocks.
What the Christians scholars have is the text of the marthyry of Policarp. In that document it is recorded the time and date of his marthyry. The year, the month,and the day are given in Roman terms; and there is no doubt that the hour is also given in Roman terms.
The given hour is the eight hour. That is all they have. Is it corresponding to our 8am, or is it 2pm? Every other document we have concerning Roman time keeping indicate that the eight hour is always our 2pm. What makes the Christian scholars believe that it is 8am?
The sixth hour is 12noon. All documents we have point to that. There is not a single document sugesting that the sixth hour is other than 12noon.
In fact, the word siesta comes from latin sista, wich is sixth in latin
The letter of the Smyrnaeans or the Martyrdom of Polycarp
Polycarp 21:1
Now the blessed Polycarp was martyred on the second day of the first part of the month Xanthicus, on the seventh before the calends of March, on a great Sabbath, at the eighth hour.
21:1 Now the blessed Polycarp was martyred on the second day of the month Xanthicus, on the twenty-fifth of April, on the great Sabbath, at the eighth hour.
1 Now the blessed Polycarp was martyred on the second day of the first half of the month of Xanthicus, the seventh day before the kalends of March, a great sabbath, at the eighth hour.
CHAPTER XXI -- THE DATE OF THE MARTYRDOM.
Now, the blessed Polycarp suffered martyrdom on the second day of the month Xanthicus just begun, the seventh day before the Kalends of May, on the great Sabbath, at the eighth hour.
21:1
Now the blessed Polycarp was martyred on the second day of the first part of the month Xanthicus, on the seventh before the calends of March, on a great Sabbath, at the eighth hour.
http://www.earlychristianwritings.co...mpolycarp.html
those are 5 translation of the ONLY document in wich christian scholars found a supposed suport for a roman time keeping from midnigh and from noon, instead of ALL others documents supporting sunset as starting time.
honestly... how do they understand that the eight hour is 8am instead of 2pm?
