英语词汇11th hour的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

11th hour. This expression, meaning “the latest possible time, with not a moment to spare,” comes from the Bible, where Jesus used it in the parable of the laborers (Matt. 20:1–16). The 11th hour, as the parable shows, referred not to the hour before mid- night but to the last hour of sunlight, for in Jesus’ day hours were counted from dawn to dusk, with the 12th hour bringing darkness. The parable says that it is never too late to earn the right to enter the kingdom of heaven: “For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a householder, which went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard. And when he had agreed with the laborers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard . . . 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. They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.” And when evening came, all the laborers, those who arrived both early and at the 11th hour, received the same penny for their wages.

词汇	11th hour
词源	11th hour. This expression, meaning “the latest possible time, with not a moment to spare,” comes from the Bible, where Jesus used it in the parable of the laborers (Matt. 20:1–16). The 11th hour, as the parable shows, referred not to the hour before mid- night but to the last hour of sunlight, for in Jesus’ day hours were counted from dawn to dusk, with the 12th hour bringing darkness. The parable says that it is never too late to earn the right to enter the kingdom of heaven: “For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a householder, which went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard. And when he had agreed with the laborers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard . . . 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. They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.” And when evening came, all the laborers, those who arrived both early and at the 11th hour, received the same penny for their wages.
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