18:28 Then they brought Jesus from Caiaphas to the Roman governor’s residence. 3 (Now it was very early morning.) 4 They 5 did not go into the governor’s residence 6 so they would not be ceremonially defiled, but could eat the Passover meal.
1 tn Or “into their headquarters”; Grk “into the praetorium.”
2 sn A Roman cohort was a tenth of a legion, about 500-600 soldiers.
3 tn Grk “to the praetorium.”
4 sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.
5 tn Grk “And they.” The conjunction καί (kai, “and”) has not been translated here in keeping with the tendency of contemporary English style to use shorter sentences.
6 tn Grk “into the praetorium.”