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Joh 19:13. Ἐπὶ τοῦ βήματος, on the judgment-seat) The judgment-seat was outside the judgment-hall or pretorium, in the place called Gabbatha.-λεγόμενον, called) There is not added, “in Greek,” for John wrote in Greek; comp. Joh 19:17.-Λιθόστρωτον) A tesselated stone pavement, formed of various kinds of stones, and so, as it were, made into a painting. [Mosaic-work, inlaid with stones.] See concerning such pavements, Amœn. lit. T. vii., p. 19, et seqq.-Γαββαθὰ, Gabbatha) A place elevated and conspicuous.