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Pilate's court
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Pilate's court
In the
canonical gospels
,
Pilate's court
refers to the trial of
Jesus
in
praetorium
before
Pontius Pilate
, preceded by the
Sanhedrin preliminary hearing
. In the
Gospel of Luke
, Pilate finds that Jesus, being from
Galilee
, belonged to
Herod Antipas
' jurisdiction, and so he decides to
send Jesus to Herod
. After questioning Jesus and receiving very few replies, Herod sees Jesus as no threat and returns him to Pilate. Fearing
defilement
, the Jews did not enter the court, and Pilate's discussion with them occurred outside the praetorium.
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