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href="/nkjv/matthew/27.htm">New King James Version</a> And when they had bound Him, they led Him away and delivered Him to Pontius Pilate the governor. <a href="/nasb_/matthew/27.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> and they bound Him and led Him away, and handed Him over to Pilate the governor. <a href="/nasb/matthew/27.htm">NASB 1995</a> and they bound Him, and led Him away and delivered Him to Pilate the governor. <a href="/nasb77/matthew/27.htm">NASB 1977 </a> and they bound Him, and led Him away, and delivered Him up to Pilate the governor. <a href="/lsb/matthew/27.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> and they bound Him, and led Him away and delivered Him to Pilate the governor. <a href="/amp/matthew/27.htm">Amplified Bible</a> so they bound Him, and led Him away and handed Him over to Pilate the governor [of Judea, who had the authority to condemn prisoners to death]. <a href="/csb/matthew/27.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> After tying him up, they led him away and handed him over to Pilate, the governor. <a href="/hcsb/matthew/27.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> After tying Him up, they led Him away and handed Him over to Pilate, the governor. <a href="/asv/matthew/27.htm">American Standard Version</a> and they bound him, and led him away, and delivered him up to Pilate the governor. <a href="/cev/matthew/27.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> They tied him up and led him away to Pilate the governor. <a href="/erv/matthew/27.htm">English Revised Version</a> and they bound him, and led him away, and delivered him up to Pilate the governor. <a href="/gwt/matthew/27.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> They tied him up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate, the governor. <a href="/gnt/matthew/27.htm">Good News Translation</a> They put him in chains, led him off, and handed him over to Pilate, the Roman governor. <a href="/isv/matthew/27.htm">International Standard Version</a> They bound him with chains, led him away, and handed him over to Pontius Pilate, the governor. <a href="/msb/matthew/27.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> They bound Him, led Him away, and handed Him over to Pontius Pilate the governor. <a href="/net/matthew/27.htm">NET Bible</a> They tied him up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate the governor. <a href="/nheb/matthew/27.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> and they bound him, and led him away, and delivered him to Pilate, the governor. <a href="/wbt/matthew/27.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor. <a href="/wey/matthew/27.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> and binding Him they led Him away and handed Him over to Pilate the Governor. <a href="/web/matthew/27.htm">World English Bible</a> They bound him, led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/matthew/27.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and having bound Him, they led [Him] away, and delivered Him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor. <a href="/blb/matthew/27.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And having bound Him, they led Him away and delivered Him to Pilate the governor. <a href="/ylt/matthew/27.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and having bound him, they did lead away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor. <a href="/slt/matthew/27.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And having bound they brought him away, and they delivered him to Pontius Pilate, the leader.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/matthew/27.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And they brought him bound, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor. <a href="/cpdv/matthew/27.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And they led him, bound, and handed him over to Pontius Pilate, the procurator. <a href="/nabre/matthew/27.htm">New American Bible</a> They bound him, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate, the governor. <a href="/nrsvce/matthew/27.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> They bound him, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate the governor.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/matthew/27.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> So they bound him, and took him and delivered him to Pilate the governor. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/matthew/27.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> And they bound him and they led him and delivered him to Pilate, the Governor.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/matthew/27.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> And they bound him and led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.<CM> <a href="/godbey/matthew/27.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> And having bound Him, took Him away, and delivered Him to Pontius Pilate, the governor. <a href="/haweis/matthew/27.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> And having bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor. <a href="/mace/matthew/27.htm">Mace New Testament</a> and when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor of Judea. <a href="/wey/matthew/27.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> and binding Him they led Him away and handed Him over to Pilate the Governor. <a href="/worrell/matthew/27.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> and, binding Him, they led Him away, and delivered Him up to Pilate, the governor. <a href="/worsley/matthew/27.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> so they bound Him and led Him away, and delivered Him to Pontius Pilate the Roman governor. <a href="/parallel/matthew/27-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hriiyJYqzvc?start=8535" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/matthew/27.htm">Jesus Delivered to Pilate</a> 1When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death. 2<a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/1210.htm" title="1210: dēsantes (V-APA-NMP) -- To bind, tie, fasten; I impel, compel; I declare to be prohibited and unlawful. A primary verb; to bind.">They bound</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: auton (PPro-AM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">Him,</a> <a href="/greek/520.htm" title="520: apēgagon (V-AIA-3P) -- To lead, carry, take away; met: To be led astray, seduced. From apo and ago; to take off.">led Him away,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/3860.htm" title="3860: paredōkan (V-AIA-3P) -- From para and didomi; to surrender, i.e yield up, intrust, transmit.">handed Him over to</a> <a href="/greek/4091.htm" title="4091: Pilatō (N-DMS) -- Pilate. Of Latin origin; close-pressed, i.e. Firm; Pilatus, a Roman.">Pilate</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tō (Art-DMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/2232.htm" title="2232: hēgemoni (N-DMS) -- From hegeomai; a leader, i.e. Chief person of a province.">governor.</a> 3When Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was filled with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/john/18-28.htm">John 18:28</a> Then they led Jesus away from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium, to avoid being defiled and unable to eat the Passover. <a href="/mark/15-1.htm">Mark 15:1</a> Early in the morning, the chief priests, elders, scribes, and the whole Sanhedrin devised a plan. They bound Jesus, led Him away, and handed Him over to Pilate. <a href="/luke/23-1.htm">Luke 23:1</a> Then the whole council rose and led Jesus away to Pilate. <a href="/acts/3-13.htm">Acts 3:13</a> The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him. <a href="/john/19-11.htm">John 19:11</a> Jesus answered, “You would have no authority over Me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed Me over to you is guilty of greater sin.” <a href="/john/19-16.htm">John 19:16</a> Then Pilate handed Jesus over to be crucified, and the soldiers took Him away. <a href="/acts/4-27.htm">Acts 4:27</a> In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed. <a href="/john/18-30.htm">John 18:30-31</a> “If He were not a criminal,” they replied, “we would not have handed Him over to you.” / “You take Him and judge Him by your own law,” Pilate told them. “We are not permitted to execute anyone,” the Jews replied. <a href="/john/18-33.htm">John 18:33</a> Pilate went back into the Praetorium, summoned Jesus, and asked Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?” <a href="/john/19-10.htm">John 19:10</a> So Pilate said to Him, “Do You refuse to speak to me? Do You not know that I have authority to release You and authority to crucify You?” <a href="/isaiah/53-7.htm">Isaiah 53:7</a> He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth. <a href="/psalms/2-2.htm">Psalm 2:2</a> The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One: <a href="/isaiah/53-8.htm">Isaiah 53:8</a> By oppression and judgment He was taken away, and who can recount His descendants? For He was cut off from the land of the living; He was stricken for the transgression of My people. <a href="/zechariah/11-12.htm">Zechariah 11:12-13</a> Then I told them, “If it seems right to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” So they weighed out my wages, thirty pieces of silver. / And the LORD said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—this magnificent price at which they valued me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter in the house of the LORD. <a href="/psalms/22-16.htm">Psalm 22:16</a> For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.bound.<a href="/genesis/22-9.htm">Genesis 22:9</a> And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.<a href="/john/18-12.htm">John 18:12,24</a> Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him, … <a href="/acts/9-2.htm">Acts 9:2</a> And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.delivered.<a href="/matthew/20-19.htm">Matthew 20:19</a> And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.<a href="/luke/18-32.htm">Luke 18:32,33</a> For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on: … <a href="/luke/20-20.htm">Luke 20:20</a> And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.Pontius Pilate.<a href="/matthew/27-36.htm">Matthew 27:36</a> And sitting down they watched him there;<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/30-21.htm">Binding</a> <a href="/matthew/23-18.htm">Bound</a> <a href="/matthew/22-13.htm">Cords</a> <a href="/matthew/26-25.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/matthew/2-6.htm">Governor</a> <a href="/matthew/26-2.htm">Handed</a> <a href="/matthew/26-57.htm">Led</a> <a href="/1_timothy/6-13.htm">Pilate</a> <a href="/1_timothy/6-13.htm">Pontius</a> <a href="/matthew/25-23.htm">Ruler</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/mark/15-1.htm">Binding</a> <a href="/mark/5-4.htm">Bound</a> <a href="/mark/3-27.htm">Cords</a> <a href="/matthew/27-3.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/matthew/27-11.htm">Governor</a> <a href="/matthew/27-18.htm">Handed</a> <a href="/matthew/27-31.htm">Led</a> <a href="/matthew/27-13.htm">Pilate</a> <a href="/luke/3-1.htm">Pontius</a> <a href="/matthew/27-11.htm">Ruler</a><div class="vheading2">Matthew 27</div>1. <a href="/matthew/27-1.htm">Jesus is delivered bound to Pilate.</a> 3. <a href="/matthew/27-3.htm">Judas hangs himself.</a> 19. <a href="/matthew/27-19.htm">Pilate, admonished of his wife,</a> 20. <a href="/matthew/27-20.htm">and being urged by the multitude, washes his hands, and releases Barabbas.</a> 27. <a href="/matthew/27-27.htm">Jesus is mocked and crowned with thorns;</a> 33. <a href="/matthew/27-33.htm">crucified;</a> 39. <a href="/matthew/27-39.htm">reviled;</a> 50. <a href="/matthew/27-50.htm">dies, and is buried;</a> 62. <a href="/matthew/27-62.htm">his tomb is sealed and watched.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/matthew/27.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/matthew/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/matthew/27.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>They bound Him This phrase indicates the physical restraint of Jesus, symbolizing His submission to the will of God and the fulfillment of prophecy. Binding was a common practice for prisoners, signifying control and authority over the individual. In the context of Jesus, it reflects <a href="/isaiah/53-7.htm">Isaiah 53:7</a>, where the suffering servant is described as being led like a lamb to the slaughter. The act of binding also highlights the irony of the situation, as the one who came to set captives free (<a href="/luke/4-18.htm">Luke 4:18</a>) is Himself bound.led Him away This phrase suggests a transition from the Jewish authorities to the Roman authorities, marking a shift in the legal proceedings. The leading away of Jesus fulfills the prophecy of <a href="/isaiah/53-8.htm">Isaiah 53:8</a>, which speaks of the servant being taken away by oppression and judgment. It also reflects the cultural and legal practices of the time, where a prisoner would be escorted by guards to ensure compliance and prevent escape. This movement from one place to another signifies the progression of Jesus' path to the crucifixion.and handed Him over to Pilate the governor Pontius Pilate was the Roman governor of Judea from AD 26 to 36. His involvement in the trial of Jesus is significant, as it fulfills the prophecy of <a href="/psalms/2-2.htm">Psalm 2:2</a>, where the rulers take counsel together against the Lord and His Anointed. Pilate's role as governor meant he had the authority to execute capital punishment, which the Jewish leaders lacked under Roman rule. This handing over to Pilate also underscores the fulfillment of Jesus' prediction in <a href="/matthew/20-19.htm">Matthew 20:19</a>, where He foretold that He would be delivered to the Gentiles to be mocked, flogged, and crucified. The involvement of a Roman official highlights the universal scope of Jesus' mission, as His death would not only be a Jewish affair but one that involved the entire world.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a> The central figure of the New Testament, who is being led away to face trial. His arrest and subsequent trial are pivotal events in the Passion account. 2. <a href="/topical/p/pilate_the_governor.htm">Pilate the Governor</a> Pontius Pilate was the Roman governor of Judea. He played a crucial role in the trial and crucifixion of Jesus, as he had the authority to sentence Jesus to death. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_jewish_leaders.htm">The Jewish Leaders</a> These were the chief priests and elders who conspired to arrest Jesus and bring Him before Pilate. They were instrumental in orchestrating the events leading to His crucifixion. 4. <a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a> The city where these events took place. It was the center of Jewish religious life and the location of the Temple. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_binding_and_leading_away_of_jesus.htm">The Binding and Leading Away of Jesus</a> This event signifies the beginning of Jesus' Passion, where He is treated as a criminal and subjected to Roman authority.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_fulfillment_of_prophecy.htm">The Fulfillment of Prophecy</a> Jesus' arrest and trial were not random events but the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies. This underscores the sovereignty of God and the reliability of Scripture. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_human_authority.htm">The Role of Human Authority</a> Pilate's involvement highlights the interaction between divine providence and human authority. Believers are reminded of the importance of submitting to earthly authorities while recognizing God's ultimate control. <a href="/topical/t/the_innocence_of_jesus.htm">The Innocence of Jesus</a> Despite being bound and led away, Jesus remained innocent. This serves as a reminder of His sinless nature and the unjust suffering He endured for humanity's sake. <a href="/topical/t/the_cost_of_discipleship.htm">The Cost of Discipleship</a> Jesus' willingness to be led away and handed over challenges believers to consider the cost of following Him. It calls for a commitment to stand firm in faith, even in the face of persecution. <a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_god's_plan.htm">The Power of God's Plan</a> The events leading to the crucifixion demonstrate that God's plan cannot be thwarted by human actions. This provides assurance to believers that God is in control, even in difficult circumstances.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_matthew_27.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Matthew 27</a> <a href="/q/was_jesus'_sacrifice_authentic.htm">Was Jesus' sacrifice historically and spiritually authentic?</a> <a href="/q/why_is_good_friday_important.htm">What is the significance of Good Friday?</a> <a href="/q/who_was_pontius_pilate_biblically.htm">Who was Pontius Pilate in biblical history?</a> <a href="/q/does_archaeology_disprove_the_bible.htm">Doesn’t archaeology disprove parts of the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/matthew/27.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) Pontius Pilate.--It may be well to bring together the chief known facts as to the previous history of the Governor, or more accurately, the Procurator, of Judaea, whose name is conspicuous as occupying a solitary prominence in the creeds of Christendom. He must have belonged, by birth or adoption, to the gens of the Pontii, one of whom, C. Pontius Telesinus, had been the leader of the Samnites in their second and third wars against Rome B.C. 321-292. The cognomen Pilatus means "armed with the pilum or javelin," and may have had its origin in some early military achievement. As applied, however, to Mount Pilatus in Switzerland, it has been conjectured that it is a contracted form of Pileatus, from pilea a cap, and is applied to the mountain as having for the most part, a cloud-capped summit. When Judaea became formally subject to the empire, on the deposition of Archelaus, a procurator, or collector of revenue, invested with judicial power, was appointed to govern it, subject to the Governor of Syria (<a href="/luke/2-2.htm" title="(And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)">Luke 2:2</a>), and resided commonly at Caesarea. Pontius Pilate, of whose previous career we know nothing, was appointed, A.D. 25-26, as the sixth holder of that office. His administration had already, prior to our Lord's trial, been marked by a series of outrages on Jewish feelings. (1) He had removed the head-quarters of his army from Caesarea to Jerusalem, and the troops brought their standards with the image of the emperor into the Holy City. The people were excited into frenzy, and rushed in crowds to Caesarea to implore him to spare them this outrage on their religion. After five days of obstinacy and a partial attempt to suppress the tumult, Pilate at last yielded (Jos. Ant. xvii. 3, ?? 1, 2; Wars, ii. 9, ?? 2-4). (2) He had hung up in his palace at Jerusalem gilt shields inscribed with the names of heathen deities, and would not remove them till an express order came from Tiberius (Philo, Leg. ad Caium, c. 38). (3) He had taken money from the Corban, or treasury of the Temple, for the construction of an aqueduct. This led to another tumult, which was suppressed by the slaughter not of the rioters only, but also of casual spectators (Jos. Wars, ii. 9, ? 4). (4) Lastly, on some unknown occasion, he had slain some Galileans while they were in the very act of sacrificing (<a href="/luke/13-1.htm" title="There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.">Luke 13:1</a>), and this had probably caused the ill-feeling between him and the tetrarch Antipas mentioned in <a href="/luke/23-12.htm" title="And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before they were at enmity between themselves.">Luke 23:12</a>. It is well to bear in mind these antecedents of the man, as notes of character, as we follow him through the series of vacillations which we now have to trace.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/matthew/27.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 2. - When they had bound him. With his hands tied by a rope behind his back. This was the treatment inflicted on condemned malefactors. During the actual official proceedings it was customary to release the accused person from bonds; hence this new binding was necessary. What passed in the council before this indignity was inflicted is, perhaps, told by St. Luke: the Sanhedrists satisfied themselves that they had a case against Jesus sufficient for their purpose, and they proceeded in a body to lay it before the governor. Pontius Pilate the governor (τῷ ἡγεμόνι). Some good manuscripts omit "Pontius," as in Mark and Luke; but there seems to be no doubt that he bore this nomen gentilicium (see e.g. Tacitus, 'Ann.,' 15:44), which connected him with the Samnite gens of the Pontii. He was the sixth Roman Procurator of Judaea, and his title in Greek was ἐπίτροπος rather than ἡγεμών, which was a more general term for a commander or chief possessing more extensive powers. He held the office under the Prefect of Syria for ten years, at the end of which time he was removed for cruelty and extortion, and banished to Vienne, in Gaul, where he put an end to his own life. The turbulence and national animosity of the Jews had rendered it necessary to invest the procurator with the power of life and death, which he used in the most unscrupulous manner, so that he was universally hated and feared. The quarters of the Roman governor were called the Praetorium, and to this Christ was led. Pilate usually resided at Caesarea, but came to Jerusalem at the great festival, to be ready to quell any fanatical outbreak that might occur. So nowadays the Turks keep a body of troops in the same city to preserve the peace between Christian worshippers at Easter(!). Whether Pilate occupied the barracks at the fortress Antonia, or the magnificent palace of Herod, situated at the northwest angle of the upper city, is uncertain; but as we know that the Roman procurators did reside in Herod's palace, and as on this occasion Pilate was accompanied by his wife (ver. 19), it is most probable that he took up his abode in the latter, and that Jesus was brought before him there. Herod had a house of his own on the east of Zion, opposite the castle, which he seems to have occupied more often than his father's palace, thus leaving the latter at the pleasure of the Roman governors. Assuming this to be the case, Dr. Edersheim writes, "From the slope of the eastern angle, opposite the temple mount, where the palace of Caiaphas stood, up the narrow streets of the upper city, the melancholy procession wound to the portals of the grand palace of Herod. It is recorded that they who brought him would not themselves enter the portals of the palace, 'that they might not be defiled, but might eat the Passover'" ('Life and Times of Jesus,' 2:505). <a href="/commentaries/matthew/27-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>They bound δήσαντες (dēsantes) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1210.htm">Strong's 1210: </a> To bind, tie, fasten; I impel, compel; I declare to be prohibited and unlawful. A primary verb; to bind. Him, αὐτὸν (auton) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. led [Him] away, ἀπήγαγον (apēgagon) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_520.htm">Strong's 520: </a> To lead, carry, take away; met: To be led astray, seduced. From apo and ago; to take off. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. handed [Him] over to παρέδωκαν (paredōkan) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3860.htm">Strong's 3860: </a> From para and didomi; to surrender, i.e yield up, intrust, transmit. Pilate Πιλάτῳ (Pilatō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4091.htm">Strong's 4091: </a> Pilate. Of Latin origin; close-pressed, i.e. Firm; Pilatus, a Roman. the τῷ (tō) Article - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. governor. ἡγεμόνι (hēgemoni) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2232.htm">Strong's 2232: </a> From hegeomai; a leader, i.e. Chief person of a province. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/matthew/27-2.htm">Matthew 27:2 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/matthew/27-2.htm">Matthew 27:2 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/matthew/27-2.htm">Matthew 27:2 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/matthew/27-2.htm">Matthew 27:2 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/matthew/27-2.htm">Matthew 27:2 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/matthew/27-2.htm">Matthew 27:2 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/matthew/27-2.htm">Matthew 27:2 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/matthew/27-2.htm">Matthew 27:2 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/matthew/27-2.htm">Matthew 27:2 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/matthew/27-2.htm">Matthew 27:2 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/matthew/27-2.htm">NT Gospels: Matthew 27:2 And they bound him and led him (Matt. 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