Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers.
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Cornelius a Lapide
AD 1637
Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall. "Then" refers not to the preceding words, "delivered Him to be crucified," but to the scourging. The soldiers scourged Jesus, and crowned Him at the same time with thorns.
Gathered unto Him the whole band, to adorn Him, by way of insult, with the royal insignia, as pretending to be King of the Jews. "For soldiers are a cruel race," says S. Chrysostom, "and take pleasure in insulting." It was the Prtorian Band, quartered in the castle of Antonia.
