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.

    “Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed” was the ninth beatitude.
    Alexander Pope (1688–1744)

    A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
    Bible: New Testament John 16:21.