Mark 15:16

16 milites autem duxerunt eum intro in atrium praetorii et convocant totam cohortem

Mark 15:16 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 15:16

And the soldiers led him away into the hall
From the place called the pavement, where was the judge's bench, from which he passed sentence on Christ, to a large room,

called the praetorium,
or judgment hall; being the hall, or room, where the praetor, or Roman magistrate, kept his court of judicature; and is the same place the Jews would not go into, lest they should be defiled, and become unmeet to eat the Chagigah that day; and into which Pilate had Jesus more than once alone, ( John 18:28 John 18:33 ) ( 19:9 ) , but now he had a large company with him:

and they call together the whole band;
very likely the soldiers, into whose custody Jesus was put, and who led him away, were the four soldiers that attended his crucifixion, and parted his garments; but for greater diversion they got together the whole band to which they belonged; (See Gill on Matthew 27:27).

Mark 15:16 In-Context

14 Pilatus vero dicebat eis quid enim mali fecit at illi magis clamabant crucifige eum
15 Pilatus autem volens populo satisfacere dimisit illis Barabban et tradidit Iesum flagellis caesum ut crucifigeretur
16 milites autem duxerunt eum intro in atrium praetorii et convocant totam cohortem
17 et induunt eum purpuram et inponunt ei plectentes spineam coronam
18 et coeperunt salutare eum have rex Iudaeorum
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