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When the day was now far spent (ēdē hōras pollēs genomenēs). Genitive absolute. Hōra used here for day-time (so Mat 14:15) as in Polybius and late Greek. Much day-time already gone. Luk 9:12 has it began to incline (klinein) or wear away. It was after 3 p.m., the first evening. Note second evening or sunset in Mar 6:47; Mat 14:23; Joh 6:16. The turn of the afternoon had come and sunset was approaching. The idiom is repeated at the close of the verse. See note on Mat 14:15.