Mat_20:3. The third hour: somewhere about nine o’clock in the morning. In ordinal numbers the article is unnecessary. See note on 2Co_7:2.
ἐν
τῇ
ἀγορᾷ
] where they were waiting in expectation of getting employment. The men in question belonged to the class of free labourers; Poll. iii. 82:
ἐλεύθεροι
μὲν
,
διὰ
πενίαν
δὲ
ἐπʼ
ἀργυρίῳ
δουλεύοντες
.