John 19:13

John 19:13

11 Jesus answered, ^a“You could have no power at all against Me unless it had been given you from above. Therefore ^bthe one who delivered Me to you has the greater sin.”

12 From then on Pilate sought to release Him, but the Jews cried out, saying, “If you let this Man go, you are not Caesar’s friend. ^aWhoever makes himself a king speaks against Caesar.”

13 ^aWhen Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus out and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called The Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha.

14 Now ^ait was the Preparation Day of the Passover, and about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews, “Behold your King!”

15 But they cried out, “Away with Him, away with Him! Crucify Him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, ^a“We have no king but Caesar!”

16 ^aThen he delivered Him to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus and led Him away.

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Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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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.

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