...Caiaphas to the hall of judgment, and it was early ; and they. themselves went not into the judgment hall lest they should be defiled, but that they might eat the passover, chap. xix, 14. And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour. Now, as it appears...

...them. Yet we find that on the day after that on which he had thus celebrated it, the Jews would not go into the judgment-hall, lest they should be defiled, but that they might eat the passover. Now the law required that all should eat it on the same day. These difficulties therefore have been...

...them. Yet we find that on the day after that on which he had thus celebrated it, the Jews would not go into the judgment-hall, lest they should be defiled, but that they might eat the passover. Now the law required that all should eat it on the same day. These difficulties therefore have been...

...crew. 28 1 Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment : and it was early ; and they themselves went not into the judgment-hall, lest they...be defiled ; but that they might eat the passover. 29 Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring ye against this man ? 30 They answered...

...easily supplied from the context ; for in the eighteenth verse it is said that they themselves entered not into the judgment-hall, lest they should be defiled ; but that they might eat the passover. Pilate, who had been now some years governor, could not but be acquainted with their customs, and no...

...supper of the evening before. Thus, in John xviii. 28, we are told, that the Jews went not into Pilate's judgment-hall, lest they should be defiled ; but that they might eat the passover : while, at the same time, it is clearly stated in the gospel history, that the celebration of the...

...unto Pilate. Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment; and it was early. And they themselves went not into the judgment-hall, lest they...be defiled, but that they might eat the passover. MATTHEW xxvu. 7 And they took counsel and bought with them the potter's s field, to bury strangers...

...the following evening; and hence, the early part of Friday being the preparation, they would not go into the judgment-hall " lest they should be defiled, but that they might eat the passover". after the going down of the sun. For the same reason they besought Pilate that- the bodies might be...

...unto the hall of judgment : and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled ; but that they might eat the Passover. 29 Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring ye against this man? 30 They answered...

...unto the hall of judgement : and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgement-hall, lest they should be defiled ; but that they might eat the Passover, Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring ye against this man ? They answered...