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When Pilate, &c. = Pilate therefore having heard.
that saying. All the texts read "these words".
in = upon. Greek. epi. App-104.
judgment seat. Greek. bema: literally a pace, a step, then a platform or raised place. In this case it was a stone platform with a seat in the open court in front of the Praetorium. Occurs only here in John.
in. Greek. eis. App-104.
the Pavement. Greek. lithostrotos = strewn with stone: i.e. of mosaic or tesselated work.
Gabbatha. Aramaic. App-94. The meaning of this word is uncertain.