midnight
If there be another King of the Jews , he will find him . '' Thereupon he made way for the strangers , and they passed the gate . But , before entering the narrow street , Balthasar lingered to say to his friends , `` We are sufficiently proclaimed . By midnight the whole city will have heard of us and of our mission . Let us to the khan now . '' That evening , before sunset , some women were washing clothes on the upper step of the flight that led down into the basin of the Pool of Siloam . They knelt each before a broad bowl of earthenware .