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Mat_27:27 Εἰς τὸ πραιτώριον ] It would appear, then, that the scourging had taken place outside, in front of the praetorium, beside the tribunal. This coincides with Mar_15:16, ἔσω τῆς αὐλῆς , which merely defines the locality more precisely. The πραιτώριον was the official residence, the palace of the governor, it being commonly supposed (so also Ewald, Gesch. Chr. p. 53, and Keim, III. p. 359 ff.) that Herod’s palace, situated in the higher part of the city, was used for this purpose. But, inasmuch as this latter building would have to be reserved for the accommodation of Herod himself whenever he had occasion to go to Jerusalem, and with what is said at Luk_23:7 before us, it is more likely that the palace in question was a different and special one connected with fort Antonia, in which the σπεῖρα (comp. Act_21:31-33) was quartered. Comp. also Weiss on Mar_15:16.
οἱ στρατιῶται τοῦ ἡγεμ .] who were on duty as the procurator’s orderlies.
ἐπʼ αὐτόν ] about Him; comp. Mar_5:21, not adversus eum (Fritzsche, de Wette); for they were merely to make sport of Him.
τὴν σπεῖραν ] the cohort, which was quartered at Jerusalem in the garrison of the praetorium (in Caesarea there were five cohorts stationed). Comp. on Joh_18:3. The expression: the whole cohort, is to be understood in its popular, and not in a strictly literal sense; the στρατιῶται , to whose charge Jesus had been committed, and who only formed part of the cohort, invited all their comrades to join them who happened to be in barracks at the time.