{When the day was now far spent} ((8864)(8820)h(9372)as poll(8873)
genomen(8873)). Genitive absolute. H(9372)a used here for day-time (so
 Mt 14:15 ) as in Polybius and late Greek. {Much day-time already
gone}.  Lu 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  Mr 6:47  Mt 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 on 烘t 14:15|.