It was the third hour, and they crucified him.
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It was the third hour, and they crucified him.
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Questions where the Bible appears to say two different things, with the passages on each side set together.
Mark 15:25 puts the crucifixion explicitly at the third hour — about 9 a.m. Roman reckoning.
Critical scholarship: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction.
Chronology
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John 18:28 has the chief priests refusing to enter Pilate's praetorium 'lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover' — meaning the Passover meal has not yet happened. John 19:14 confirms it: the crucifixion occurs on 'the preparation of the passover.'
Critical scholarship: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction.
Chronology
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"Mark 15:25 — Scripture Analysis" GEBible, https://gebible.app/analysis/verse/mark/15/25?version=WEB (retrieved 26 August 2026).