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Praetorium

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: P By: James P. Boyd

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(governor’s headquarters). The court, hearing-hall, and judgment-hall, of a Roman governor, wherever he might be (Matt. 27:27²⁷Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. (Matthew 27:27); Mark 15:16¹⁶And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Praetorium; and they call together the whole band. (Mark 15:16); John 18:28²⁸Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover. (John 18:28); Acts 23:35³⁵I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's judgment hall. (Acts 23:35); Phil. 1:13¹³So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places; (Philippians 1:13)).

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