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Matthew 20:6

Matthew 20:6
And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

They say unto him, because no man hath hired us,.... This may be fitly applied to the Gentiles, who hundreds of years…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

The eleventh hour - About five o’clock in the afternoon, or when there was but one working hour of the day left.

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

the eleventh hour The various hours may be referred in the first instance to the call of a Paul, a Barnabas, or a…