Pretorium

How Nave’s arranged it

• Also called PRAETORIUM, COMMON HALL, JUDGMENT HALL, and PALACEMatthew 27:27Mark 15:16John 18:28John 18:33John 19:9Acts 23:35Philippians 1:13

The passages, in Bible order (7)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 7 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Matthew 27:27

   Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company around Him.

   ›Commentary on Matthew 27:271 voice

   “He had been styled King of the Jews, and the Scribes and Priests had brought this charge against Him, that He claimed sovereignty over the Jewish nation; hence this mockery of the soldiers, taking away His own garments, they put on Him a scarlet cloak to represent that purple fringe which kings of old used to wear, for the diadem they put on Him a crown of thorns, and for the regal sceptre give Him a reed, and perform adoration to Him as to a king. All these things we may understand mystically.

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2. Mark 15:16

   Then the soldiers led Jesus away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium) and called the whole company together.

   ›Commentary on Mark 15:162 voices

   “The military class, always finding consolation in acts of violence and insult, now too displayed its customary character. For if the Jews, who had heard so many teachings from Christ and had received from Him so often and so many benefactions, inflicted upon Him so …

   “And the soldiers led him away into the hall,....

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3. John 18:28

   Then they led Jesus away from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium, to avoid being defiled and unable to eat the Passover.

   ›Commentary on John 18:282 voices

   “They lead Jesus therefore from Caiaphas into the palace: and it was early; and they themselves entered not into the palace, that they might not be defiled, but that they might eat the passover. Judge righteous judgment, and Thou shalt not slay the innocent and just man, were the express injunctions of the Law and the Word of God.

   “Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas,....

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4. John 18:33

   Pilate went back into the Praetorium, summoned Jesus, and asked Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?”

   ›Commentary on John 18:332 voices

   “Having nothing at all to accuse Him of, and none of those crimes to allege against Him, which seem to bring in their train just punishment on the doers of them, and Pilate persisting in inquiring why they had brought Him, they assert that Jesus had sinned against Caesar, in assuming on Himself the dominion which Caesar had acquired over the Jews, and in changing the glory of his kingdom to suit His personal pretensions.

   “Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again,....

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5. John 19:9

   and he went back into the Praetorium. “Where are You from?” he asked. But Jesus gave no answer.

   ›Commentary on John 19:92 voices

   “Since he willed to suffer on behalf of the world, he is silent when examined and beaten by Pilate. For if he had spoken, he would not have been crucified from weakness, since there is no weakness in the words that the Word speaks.

   “And went again into the judgment hall,....

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6. Acts 23:35

   he said, “I will hear your case when your accusers arrive.” Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guard in Herod’s Praetorium.

   ›Commentary on Acts 23:351 voice

   "In Herod's praetorium." It is noteworthy that in Caesarea there was a praetorium of Herod.

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7. Philippians 1:13

   As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ.

   ›Commentary on Philippians 1:131 voice

   “Fit objects for admiration are the Stoics, who say that the soul is not affected by the body, either to vice by disease, or to virtue by health; but both these things, they say, are indifferent.

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