Editing Language of Jesus (section)

===Gabbatha (Γαββαθᾶ)===
[[Gospel of John|John]] 19:13
: ''When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus outside and sat on the judge's bench at a place called The Stone Pavement, or in Hebrew, Gabbatha.''

The place name appears to be Aramaic.  According to Josephus, ''War'', V.ii.1, #51, the word ''Gabath'' means ''high place'', or ''elevated place'', so perhaps a raised flat area near the temple.  The final "א" could then represent the emphatic state of the noun.

In Aramaic, it could be גבהתא.