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

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.

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,

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.

Besides, they get into the habit of having nothing to do. They go around from house to house. They waste their time. They also bother other people and say things that make no sense. They shouldn’t say those things.

Anyone who doesn’t want to work sleeps his life away. And a person who refuses to work goes hungry.

So he went to the synagogue. There he talked both with Jews and with Greeks who worshiped God. Each day he spoke with anyone who happened to be in the market place.A group of Epicurean and Stoic thinkers began to argue with him. Some of them asked,“ What is this fellow chattering about?” Others said,“ He seems to be telling us about gods we’ve never heard of.” They said this because Paul was preaching the good news about Jesus. He was telling them that Jesus had risen from the dead.They took him to a meeting of the Areopagus. There they said to him,“ What is this new teaching you’re giving us?You have some strange ideas we’ve never heard before. We would like to know what they mean.”All the people of Athens spent their time talking about and listening to the latest ideas. People from other lands who lived there did the same.

You think these people are drunk. But they aren’t. It’s only nine o’clock in the morning!

“ Here is the sin your sister Sodom committed. She and her daughters were proud. They ate too much. They were not concerned about others. They did not help those who were poor and in need.

About five o’clock he went out and found still others standing around. He asked them,‘ Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’“‘ Because no one has hired us,’ they answered.“ He said to them,‘ You also go and work in my vineyard.’

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

“ What can I compare today’s people to? They are like children sitting in the markets and calling out to others. They say,“‘ We played the flute for you. But you didn’t dance. We sang a funeral song. But you didn’t become sad.’

We don’t want you to slow down. Instead, be like those who have faith and are patient. They will receive what God promised.