Timeline for What is the origin of the phrase "the eleventh hour"
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| Jul 8, 2020 at 12:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglish/status/1280834045321056258 | ||
| Sep 21, 2014 at 19:22 | comment | added | Tim Lymington | Note that the Roman time system referred to twelve 'hours' from sunrise to sunset (and twelve hours of the night from sunset to sunrise). So the eleventh hour was by definition the period just before the end (of the day). | |
| Sep 21, 2014 at 18:36 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | @FF I'm not totally convinced about the relevance to linguistics, but the sentiment is marvellous. | |
| Sep 21, 2014 at 17:15 | answer | added | WS2 | timeline score: 3 | |
| Sep 21, 2014 at 17:14 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | Here's Matthew Mead in The Good of Early Obedience (1683): If God calls not till the eleventh hour, he that comes in at the eleventh hour comes in good time; but he that is called at the first or third hour, may come too late if he puts it off till the eleventh. | |
| Sep 21, 2014 at 17:01 | history | asked | Faheem Mitha | CC BY-SA 3.0 |