Matthew 27:27

27:27 Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the governor’s residence ¹  and gathered the whole cohort ²  around him.

John 18:28

Jesus Brought Before Pilate

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.

[27:27]  ¹ tn Or “into their headquarters”; Grk “into the praetorium.”

[27:27]  ² sn A Roman cohort was a tenth of a legion, about 500-600 soldiers.

[18:28]  ³ tn Grk “to the praetorium.”

[18:28]  ⁴ sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.

[18:28]  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.

[18:28]  ⁶ tn Grk “into the praetorium.”