Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Sat down on the judgement seat (ekaqisen epi bhmatov). "Took his seat upon the bhma" (the raised platform for the judge outside the palace as in Acts 7:5). The examination is over and Pilate is now ready for the final stage.
The Pavement (Liqostrwton). Late compound from liqov, stone, and the verbal adjective strwtov form strwnnumi, to speak, a mosaic or tesselated pavement, spread with stones, in II Chronicles 7:3, Josephus, Epictetus, papyri. The Chaldean name Gabbaqa, an elevation, was apparently given because of the shape.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing John 19:13:
John 5:2
John 18:29
Acts 12:4
Acts 25:6
Revelation 9:11
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