And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Praetorium; and they call together the whole band.
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Gill's Exposition
And they clothed him with purple,.... Matthew calls it a "scarlet" robe; and the Persic version here renders it a "red garment": it was of a colour resembling purple; it was pretty near it, and…
Barnes' Notes
Called Praetorium - The hall of the “praetor,” or Roman governor, where he sat to administer justice. Whole band - See the notes at Mat 27:27.
Here, I. Pilate, to gratify the Jews' malice, delivers Christ to be crucified, Mar 15:15. Willing to content the people, to do enough for them (so the word is), and make them easy, that he might keep…
Cambridge Bible
The Mockery of the Soldiers. The Way to the Cross
16. the hall, called Prætorium "in to þe floor of þe moot hall," Wyclif. The building here alluded to is called by three of the Evangelists the…
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