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These = That these. Greek. hoti, putting their words between quotation marks. See note on Luk_23:43.
have wrought but one hour = made one hour. A Hebraism. Compare Rth_2:19, "Where wroughtest thou to-day? "(Hebrew. 'anah 'asitha). So, in the sense of making or spending time (Act_15:33; Act_18:23. 2Co_11:25); used for continuing, as suggested in Authorized Version margin. But it is the same word rendered "made" in the next clause.
made them = done to them.
heat = scorching heat.