Matius 27:21

27:21 The ¹  governor asked them, “Which of the two do you want me to release for you?” And they said, “Barabbas!”

Matius 27:27

27:27 Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the governor’s residence ²  and gathered the whole cohort ³  around him.

[27:21]  ¹ tn Grk “answering, the governor said to them.” This construction is somewhat redundant in English and has been simplified in the translation. Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[27:27]  ² tn Or “into their headquarters”; Grk “into the praetorium.”

[27:27]  sn The governor’s residence (Grk “praetorium”) was the Roman governor’s official residence. The one in Jerusalem may have been Herod’s palace in the western part of the city, or the fortress Antonia northwest of the temple area.

[27:27]  ³ sn A Roman cohort was a tenth of a legion, about 500-600 soldiers.