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Praetorium

 

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, 33, marg., "Pilate's house", 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.

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