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By metonymy, bema was also a place of judgement, being the extension of the raised seat of the judge, as described in the New Testament, in Matthew 27:19 and John 19:13, and further, as the seat of the Roman emperor, in Acts 25:10, and of God, in Romans 14:10, when speaking in judgment.
The name "Gabbatha" is an Aramaic word (not Hebrew, despite John), Aramaic being the language commonly spoken at the time in Judea. It is not a mere translation of Lithostrotos , which properly means the tessellated or mosaic pavement where the judgment seat stood, but which was extended to the place itself in front of Pilate's praetorium ...
In Romans the context is the sacrificial death of Christ, whereas in the Hebrew passage the context is a description of the Holy of Holies and its contents. The Epistle to the Hebrews portrays the role of the mercy seat during Yom Kippur Day of Atonement as a prefiguration of the Passion of Christ , which was a greater atonement , and the ...
Psalm 82 in Hebrew and English, Mechon-mamre; Text of Psalm 82 according to the 1928 Psalter; A psalm of Asaph. God takes a stand in the divine council, gives judgment in the midst of the gods. (text and footnotes) United States Conference of Catholic Bishops; Psalm 82 – Earthly Judges Before the Great Judge (text and detailed commentary ...
Hoshana Rabbah is known as the last of the Days of Judgment, which begin on Rosh Hashana. [2] The Zohar says that while the judgment for the new year is sealed on Yom Kippur, it is not "delivered" until the end of Sukkot (i.e., Hoshana Rabbah, the last day of Sukkot), during which time one can still alter their verdict and decree for the new year. [3]
In the narrative of the synoptic gospels, after the arrest of Jesus, he is taken to the private residence of Caiaphas, the high priest. Matthew 26 (Matthew 26:57) states that Jesus was taken to the house of Caiaphas the High Priest of Israel, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together.
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The Bosom of Abraham, Romanesque capital from the former Priory of Alspach, Alsace.(Unterlinden Museum, Colmar)The Bosom of Abraham refers to the place of comfort in the biblical Sheol (or Hades in the Greek Septuagint version of the Hebrew scriptures from around 200 BC, and therefore so described in the New Testament) [1] where the righteous dead await Judgment Day.