Gabbatha
    Gab Baitha, i.e., "the ridge of the house" = "the temple-mound,"
    on a part of which the fortress of Antonia was built. This
    "temple-mound" was covered with a tesselated "pavement" (Gr.
    lithostroton, i.e., "stone-paved"). A judgement-seat (bema) was
    placed on this "pavement" outside the hall of the "praetorium"
    (q.v.), the judgment-hall (John 18:28; 19:13).



 Gabbatha, high; elevated