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the well-known palace of Herod.… Pilate’s residence has been identified with the castle
of Antonia, which was occupied by the regular garrison. The probability is that it was the
same as Herod’s palace. Herod’s palace in Caesarea was used as the Praetorium there,
and the expression in Acts 23:35, marg., ‘Herod’s praetorium,’ is abbreviated from ‘the
praetorium of Herod’s palace.’” (
B
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).
In Phil. 1:13, marg., “the whole Praetorium” has been variously explained. It has been
spoken of as “the palace,” in connection with 4:22, where allusion is made to believers
who belong to Caesar’s household. Others have understood it of the barracks of the
“praetorian” guard, but Lightfoot shows that this use of the word cannot be established,
neither can it be regarded as referring to the barracks of the “palace” guard. The phrase
“and to all the rest” in 1:13 indicates that persons are meant. Mommsen, followed by
Ramsay (
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p. 357) regards it as improbable that the apostle was
committed to the “praetorian” guard and holds the view that Julius the centurion, who
brought Paul to Rome, belonged to a corps drafted from legions in the provinces, whose
duty it was to supervise the corn supply and perform police service, and that Julius
probably delivered his prisoners to the commander of his corps. Eventually Paul’s case
came before the praetorian council, which is the “praetorium” alluded to by the apostle,
and the phrase “to all the rest” refers to the audience of the trial.¶
Note:
Some scholars, believing that this epistle was written during an Ephesian
imprisonment, take the “Praetorium” here to be the residence in Ephesus of the proconsul
of the province of Asia, and “Caesar’s household” to be the local imperial civil service
(Deissmann etc.).
PALE
(
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, 5515), “pale green,” is translated “pale” (of a horse) in Rev. 6:8,
symbolizing death. See
GREEN
.
PALM (of the hand)
Note:
For
, “to strike with a rod or with the palm of the hand,” Matt. 26:67
(cf. 5:39), see
SMITE
.¶ For
, “a blow,” with
, “to give,” translated “did
strike (and, struck) … with the palm of his hand” (
KJV
, in Mark 14:65; John 18:22), see
BLOW
.
PALM (palm tree)
@
(
, 5404) denotes “the date palm”; it is used of “palm” trees in John
12:13, from which branches were taken; of the branches themselves in Rev. 7:9.¶ The
“palm” gave its name to Phoenicia and to Phoenix in Crete, Acts 27:12,
RV
. Jericho was
the city of “palm trees,” Deut. 34:3; Judg. 1:16; 3:13; 2 Chron. 28:15. They were plentiful
there in the time of Christ.
PALSY (sick of)
A. Adjective.
$
(
$
, 3885), “paralytic, sick of the palsy,” is found in Matt. 4:24
(
RV
, “palsied”); 8:6; 9:2 (twice), 6; Mark 2:3, 4, 5, 9, 10; in some mss. Luke 5:24 (see
B).¶
B. Verb