38] Why then do the Gospel writer’s call the ninth hour to the reader’s attention?   

Now with all these scriptures in mind, let us learn why the Gospel writers were calling to their reader’s attention the 9^th hour of the day of preparation, the Passover day. Was there something that happened in the Temple on the Passover Day at the 9^th hour?

There is much historical research material available, all of which informs us that during the time of Christ, on the Passover/Preparation day, in the Temple, during the 9^th hour, the official Passover Lamb for all Judah was sacrificed. That sacrifice initiated the Passover sacrifice activity for all the families of Judah.

Notice the following, as just one of the many commentaries; notice as quoted from Jamieson, Fausset, Brown Commentary Volume One; Exodus: “… taught that the paschal lamb was to be killed in the interval between the ninth and eleventh hour …  Josephus states that such was the practice of the Jews in the time of our Lord."

Was the ninth hour important to acknowledge?

We know that the Father intervened in human affairs when He caused darkness to spread over the land (and over Jerusalem in particular, where the Temple was located, in which were the priests, Levites and religious folk,) from the 6^th hour until the 9^th hour on the Passover/Preparation Day (Matthew 27:45, Mark 15:33, Luke 23:44).

We know that Christ died around the 9^th hour on the Passover/Preparation Day (Matthew 27:46-50).

We know the Father once again intervened in human affairs when He split the Temple veil (in the Temple in which were the priests, Levites, etc.) in the middle from the top to the bottom (downward) and cause the dead to come out of their graves, as well as an earthquake, at the 9^th hour on the Passover/Preparation Day (Matthew 27:51-53; Mark 15:37-38, Luke 23:45-46).

Was it mere coincidence or was it perfect timing and an authentication of the events surrounding the death of the Son of God, at the 9^th hour on that Day? Did the Father want to bring to the attention of the world the death and the time of death of the Son of God?

One cannot escape these questions.