Acts 23:35 - Exposition

Thy cause for thee, A.V.; also are for are also, A.V.; palace for judgment hall, A.V. I will hear thy cause ; διακούσομαί σου , found only here in the New Testament; but used in the same sense as here for "hearing a cause," in Deuteronomy 1:16 , διακούσατε … καὶ κρίνετε , "Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously," A.V. See also Job 9:33 , διακούων ἀναμέσον ἀμφοτέρων , "That might lay his hand upon us both," A.V., i.e. judge between us. Palace ( ἐν τῷ πραιτωρίῳ ) . The praetorium—for it is a Latin word—was originally the proctor's tent in a Roman camp. Thence it came to signify the abode of the chief magistrate in a province, or a king's palace. Herod ' s palace seems to have been a palace originally built by King Herod, and now used, either as the residence of the procurator or, as the mode of speaking rather indicates, for some public office. ( For the use of the word πραιτώριον , see Matthew 27:27 ; John 18:28 , John 18:33 ; John 19:9 ; Philippians 1:13 .)