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Gabbatha

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[J 19:13 ], the Aramaic translation of the Greek Lithostrotos, meaning an elevated, paved place outside the praetorium [judgment hall], where the judgment seat was placed when pronouncing a verdict. It might have been an open courtyard in front of Herod's palace.

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Gabbatha

Gab Baitha, i.e., "the ridge of the house" = "the temple-mound," on a part of which the fortress of Antonia was built. This "temple-mound" was covered with a tesselated "pavement" (Gr. lithostroton, i.e., "stone-paved"). A judgement-seat (bema) was placed on this "pavement" outside the hall of the "praetorium" (q.v.), the judgment-hall (John 18:28 ; 19:13).

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