Easton: Judgment seat

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Source: Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897) (Judgment seat) · external_aligned

(Matt. 27:19), a portable tribunal (Gr. bema) which was placed according as the magistrate might direct, and from which judgment was pronounced. In this case it was placed on a tesselated pavement, probably in front of the procurator’s residence. (See GABBATHA.)

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