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Verse	Translation	Text
Mr 15:16	King James	And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Praetorium; and they call together the whole band.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Called Praetorium - The hall of the "praetor," or Roman governor, where he sat to administer justice. Whole band - See the notes at Mat 27:27.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Called Praetorium - The hall of the "praetor," or Roman governor, where he sat to administer justice.

Whole band - See the notes at Mat 27:27.

The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]
the hall Or, the court which is the judgment-hall.

The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]

the hall

Or, the court which is the judgment-hall.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]
Into the hall called Pretorium Mark, as usual, amplifies. Matthew has simply the Pretorium. The courtyard, surrounded by the buildings of the Pretorium, so that the people passing through the vestibule into this quadrangle found themselves in the Pretorium. Band (σπεῖραν) Originally anything wound or wrapped round; as a ball, the coils of a snake, a knot or curl in wood. Hence a body of men-at-arms. The same idea is at the bottom of the Latin manipulus, which is sometimes (as by Josephus) used to translate σπεῖρα. Manipulus was originally a bundle or handful. The ancient Romans adopted a pole with a handful of hay or straw twisted about it as the standard of a company of soldiers; hence a certain number or body of soldiers under one standard was called manipulus.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]

Into the hall called Pretorium

Mark, as usual, amplifies. Matthew has simply the Pretorium. The courtyard, surrounded by the buildings of the Pretorium, so that the people passing through the vestibule into this quadrangle found themselves in the Pretorium.

Band (σπεῖραν)

Originally anything wound or wrapped round; as a ball, the coils of a snake, a knot or curl in wood. Hence a body of men-at-arms. The same idea is at the bottom of the Latin manipulus, which is sometimes (as by Josephus) used to translate σπεῖρα. Manipulus was originally a bundle or handful. The ancient Romans adopted a pole with a handful of hay or straw twisted about it as the standard of a company of soldiers; hence a certain number or body of soldiers under one standard was called manipulus.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Praetorium - The inner hall, where the praetor, a Roman magistrate, used to give judgment. But St. John calls the whole palace by this name. Mat 27:27; Joh 19:2.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Praetorium - The inner hall, where the praetor, a Roman magistrate, used to give judgment. But St. John calls the whole palace by this name. Mat 27:27; Joh 19:2.

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