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The Definition of the word Judgment seat

Judgment seat

(Matt. 27:19), a portable tribunal (Gr. bema) which was placed "according as the magistrate might direct, and from which" judgment was pronounced. In this case it was placed on a "tesselated pavement, probably in front of the procurator's" residence. (See [328]GABBATHA.)


The Old Testament

The New Testament