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When Pilate therefore heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called "The Pavement," but in Hebrew, "Gabbatha."
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The Formal Setting of Injustice
Commentators explain that Pilate sat on the "judgment-seat" (Bema), a raised platform in a public area. The place had two names: "The Pavement" (Lithostrotos in Greek), describing its mosaic stone floor, and "Gabbatha" (Aramaic), meaning "elevated place." This formal, official setting highlights the tragic irony of a just man being condemned through a perversion of the legal process.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Judgment-seat. The tribunal or place of pronouncing sentence. He came here to deliver him, in due form of law, into the hands of the Jews.…
Sat down on the judgement seat (εκαθισεν επ βηματος). "Took his seat upon the βημα" (the raised platform for the judge outside the…
19th Century
Anglican
When Pilate therefore heard that saying.—It is better to understand this as these sayings—that is, the two sayings of the…
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Baptist
When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but …
Jesus’ analysis of Pilate’s situation accentuated the dilemma he found himself entangled in. If he condemned Jesus to satisfy the Jewish hierarchy,…
16th Century
Protestant
And sat down on the judgment-seat. From this we see what conflicting opinions passed through Pilate's mind, as if he were an actor playing…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
When Pilate therefore heard that saying Of the Jews, that a freeing of Jesus would show an unfriendliness to Caesar;…
Little did Pilate think with what holy regard these sufferings of Christ would, in later ages, be considered and spoken of by the best and greatest…
13th Century
Catholic
Previously, the Jews accused Christ of a crime against their law, but Pilate seemed to consider this a minor matter since he himself was not subjec…
