When it was about nine o’clock in the morning, he went out again and saw others standing around in the marketplace without work.

约在巳初出去，看见市上还有闲站的人，

约在上午九点钟出去，看见市场上还有闲站的人，

约在上午九点钟出去，看见市场上还有闲站的人，

“大约上午九点钟，园主出去看见一些人站在街市上无所事事，

大约九点钟，他又出去，看见还有人闲站在街市上，

大约上午九点，他又出去，看见还有人闲站在街市上，

約在巳初出去，看見市上還有閒站的人，

約在上午九點鐘出去，看見市場上還有閒站的人，

約在上午九點鐘出去，看見市場上還有閒站的人，

「大約上午九點鐘，園主出去看見一些人站在街市上無所事事，

大約九點鐘，他又出去，看見還有人閒站在街市上，

大約在上午九點，他又出去，看見市場上另有人站着，閒懶無事，

大約上午九點，他又出去，看見還有人閒站在街市上，

巳初出見有閒立於市者、

辰盡出、見有閒立於市者、

巳初原文作第三時復出、見有閒立於市者、

巳初復出、見人閒立於市、

“ About nine in the morning he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.

“ About nine o’clock in the morning he went out again. He saw others standing in the market doing nothing.

And going out about the third hour he saw others standing idle in the marketplace,

“ At nine o’clock in the morning he was passing through the marketplace and saw some people standing around doing nothing.

When he went out about nine in the morning, he saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.

And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the marketplace;

And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,

And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing in the marketplace idle;

When he went out about nine in the morning, he saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.

And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,

He went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace.

And besides that, going around from house to house they learn to be lazy, and they are not only lazy, but also gossips and busybodies, talking about things they should not.

Laziness brings on a deep sleep, and the idle person will go hungry.

So he was addressing the Jews and the God- fearing Gentiles in the synagogue, and in the marketplace every day those who happened to be there.Also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him, and some were asking,“ What does this foolish babbler want to say?” Others said,“ He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods.”( They said this because he was proclaiming the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.)So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, saying,“ May we know what this new teaching is that you are proclaiming?For you are bringing some surprising things to our ears, so we want to know what they mean.”( All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there used to spend their time in nothing else than telling or listening to something new.)

In spite of what you think, these men are not drunk, for it is only nine o’clock in the morning.

“‘ See here– this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters had majesty, abundance of food, and enjoyed carefree ease, but they did not help the poor and needy.

And about five o’clock that afternoon he went out and found others standing around, and said to them,‘ Why are you standing here all day without work?’They said to him,‘ Because no one hired us.’ He said to them,‘ You go and work in the vineyard too.’

It was nine o’clock in the morning when they crucified him.

“ To what should I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to one another,‘ We played the flute for you, yet you did not dance; we wailed in mourning, yet you did not weep.’

so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherit the promises.