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Matthew Chapter 27 verse 27 Holy Bible

ASV Matthew 27:27

Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Praetorium, and gathered unto him the whole band.
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BBE Matthew 27:27

Then the ruler's armed men took Jesus into the open square, and got all their band together.
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DARBY Matthew 27:27

Then the soldiers of the governor, having taken Jesus with [them] to the praetorium, gathered against him the whole band,
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KJV Matthew 27:27

Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers.
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WBT Matthew 27:27

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WEB Matthew 27:27

Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium, and gathered the whole garrison together against him.
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YLT Matthew 27:27

then the soldiers of the governor having taken Jesus to the Praetorium, did gather to him all the band;
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerses 27-30. - Jesus mocked by the soldiers. (Mark 15:16-19; John 19:2, 3.) Verse 27. - The soldiers of the governor. The brutal soldiers, far from feeling compassion for the meek Sufferer, take a fiendish pleasure in torturing and insulting him. They fling upon his bleeding body his upper garments, and take him into the common hall (πραιτώριον, the Praetorium). This name was applied to the dwelling house of the provincial governor, and here refers to the open court of the building, outside which the preceding events had taken place (see on ver. 2). The whole band (σπεῖραν), which usually signifies "a cohort" (Acts 10:1), but sometimes only a maniple, which was a third part of the same (Polybius, 11:23:1). This is probably what is meant here, as they would not denude the barracks of all its occupants, who consisted of one cohort of about six hundred men (Josephus, 'Bell. Jud.,' 2:15. 6). The soldiers summoned their comrades on guard at the palace or in the Tower of Antonia to come and join in the cruel sport. "The devil was then entering in fury into the hearts of all. For indeed they made a pleasure of their insults against him, being a savage and a worthless set" (Chrysostom, in loc.).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(27) The common hall.--Literally, the Praetorium, a word which, applied originally to the tent of the praetor, or general, and so to the head-quarters of the camp. had come to be used, with a somewhat wide range of meaning, (1) for the residence of a prince or governor; or (2) for the barracks attached to such a residence (as in Philippians 1:13); or (3) for any house as stately. Here (as in Acts 23:35) it appears to be used in the first sense. Pilate's dialogue with the priests and people had probably been held from the portico of the Tower of Antony, which rose opposite the Temple Court, and served partly as a fortress, partly as an official residence. The soldiers now took the prisoner into their barrack-room within.The whole band of soldiers.--The word used is the technical word for the cohort, or sub-division of a legion.