16And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Praetorium; and they call together the whole band.
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And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.
Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. …
Then 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.
Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band,
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-21)Here, I. Pilate, to gratify the Jews’ malice, delivers Christ to be crucified , Mark 15:15. Willing to content the people , to do enough for them (so the word is), and make them easy, that he might keep them quiet, he released Barabbas unto them , who was the scandal and plague of their nation, and delivered Jesus to be crucified , who was the glory and blessing of their nation. Though he had scou…
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