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The only time the phrase "eleventh hour" is used in The Bible is in Matthew chapter 20, in a parable told by Jesus, where a man had hired laborers, then later hired some, "at the eleventh hour," and then paid them the same wage that he paid the ones who had worked all day. I don't know how many different meanings that parable might have, but it makes me think of the fact that a person who comes to Jesus at a late time in the person's life, or even at a late time in history, maybe shortly before the Second Coming of Christ, will receive the same wonderful eternity in Heaven as one who had served Christ for many years.

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According to the New Living Translation[NLT], the literal English translation of the "eleventh hour" is: "At five o'clock that evening..." (Matt.20:6).

The "symbolic time" of the parable, according to Matthew Henry, is more in keeping with the answer above:

"...The parable may also be applied more generally, and shows, 1. That God is debtor to no man. 2. That many who begin last, and promise little in religion, sometimes, by the blessing of God, arrive at a great deal of knowledge, grace, and usefulness. 3. That the recompense of reward will be given to the saints, but not according to the time of their conversion. It describes the state of the visible church, and explains the declaration that the last shall be first, and the first shall be last, in its various references. Till we are hired into the service of God, we are standing all the day idle: a sinful state, though a state of drudgery to Satan, may be called a state of idleness..." (Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary: Matthew 20:1-16; The parable of the labourers in the vineyard.)

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