Then led, &c.] Matthew 27:2.
the hall of judgement] Or, Pilates house, or, pretorie.
and they themselves went not into the judgement Hall] Acts 10:28.
lest they should be defiled] For they might not by their tradition accompany with the Gentiles, Acts 10:28. and Acts 11:5. specially being to eat the Passover; this they made conscience of, but they made none to kill the Lord of life.