{Into the palace} (eis to prait(9372)ion). In Rome the
praetorium was the camp of the praetorian (from praetor) guard of
soldiers ( Php 1:13 ), but in the provinces it was the palace in
which the governor resided as in  Ac 23:35  in Caesarea. So here
in Jerusalem Pilate ordered Jesus and all the band or cohort
(hol(886e) t(886e) speiran) of soldiers to be led into the palace in
front of which the judgment-seat had been placed. The Latin
_spira_ was anything rolled into a circle like a twisted ball of
thread. These Latin words are natural here in the atmosphere of
the court and the military environment. The soldiers were
gathered together for the sport of seeing the scourging. These
heathen soldiers would also enjoy showing their contempt for the
Jews as well as for the condemned man.