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JOHN 18:28 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
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“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 should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.”
Then they took Jesus from Caiaphas to the Praetorium. It was early morning. They themselves did not enter the Praetorium, so as not to be defiled, so that they might eat the Passover — John's characteristic irony: the Jewish leaders scrupulously avoid ritual defilement by entering a pagan space, yet deliver Jesus to crucifixion, the gravest defilement. The Passover context (preparation day, hours before the meal) frames Jesus as the true Passover lamb. The leaders' ceremonial purity contrasts with their murderous intent.

Church Fathers on John 18:28

The Evangelist returns to the part where he had left off, in order to relate Peter’s denial: Then led they Jesus to Caiaphas to the hall of judgment: to Caiaphas from his colleague and father in law Annas, as has been said. But If to Caiaphas, how to the praetorium, which was the place where the governor Pilate resided;

Augustine · 4th century

The praetorium is the place where the praetor sat. Praetors were called prefects and preceptors, because they issue decrees.

Bede · 8th century

He was led to Caiaphas before the cock crowed, but early in the morning to Pilate. Whereby the Evangelist shows, that all that night of examination, ended in proving nothing against Him; and that He was sent to Pilate in consequence. But leaving what passed then to the other Evangelists, he goes to what followed.

Chrysostom · 4th century
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