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Matthew 27:27
New English Translation
Matthew 27:27
New English Translation
27 Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the governor’s residence[a] and gathered the whole cohort[b] around him.
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- Matthew 27:27 tn Or “into their headquarters”; Grk “into the praetorium.” sn The governor’s residence (Grk “praetorium”) was the Roman governor’s official residence. The one in Jerusalem may have been Herod’s palace in the western part of the city, or the fortress Antonia northwest of the temple area.
- Matthew 27:27 sn A Roman cohort was a tenth of a legion, about 500-600 soldiers.
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