Gabbatha

Narrator: Chris Genthree
Duration: 27sec
John 19:13
The Aramaic name of the place of judgment in Jerusalem, where the Lord was condemned. The meaning of Gabbatha is “elevated place” and its Greek name was λιθόστρωτος, “the pavement.” It was doubtless a raised platform, with a tesselated pavement, which the Romans so often made. It would thus answer both descriptions (John 19:1313When 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 in the Hebrew, Gabbatha. (John 19:13)).