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Praetorium
The Greek word (praitorion) thus rendered in Mark 15:16 is rendered “common hall” (Matt 27:27, marg., “governor’s house”), “judgment hall,” (John 18:28, John 18:33, marg., “Pilate’s house”, John 19:9; Acts 23:35), “palace” (Phil 1:13). This is properly a military word. It denotes (1) the general’s tent or headquarters; (2) the governor’s residence, as in Acts 23:35 (R.V., “palace”); and (3) the praetorian guard (See Palace), or the camp or quarters of the praetorian cohorts (Acts 28:16), the imperial guards in immediate attendance on the emperor, who was “praetor” or commander-in-chief.
Named in the Bible
1 verse
- Mark 15:16 And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Praetorium; and they call together the whole band.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
