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

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 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,

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

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

And besides they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house, and not only idle but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.

Laziness casts one into a deep sleep, And an idle person will suffer hunger.

Therefore he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and with the Gentile worshipers, and in the marketplace daily with those who happened to be there.Then certain Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said,“ What does this babbler want to say?” Others said,“ He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods,” because he preached to them Jesus and the resurrection.And they took him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying,“ May we know what this new doctrine is of which you speak?For you are bringing some strange things to our ears. Therefore we want to know what these things mean.”For all the Athenians and the foreigners who were there spent their time in nothing else but either to tell or to hear some new thing.

For these are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day.

Look, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughter had pride, fullness of food, and abundance of idleness; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle, and said to them,‘ Why have you been standing here idle all day?’They said to him,‘ Because no one hired us.’ He said to them,‘ You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right you will receive.’

Now it was the third hour, and they crucified Him.

“ But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their companions,and saying:‘ We played the flute for you, And you did not dance; We mourned to you, And you did not lament.’

that you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.