{The Praetorium} (prait(9372)ion). In  Mt 27:27  this same
word is translated "palace." That is its meaning here also, the
palace in which the Roman provincial governor resided. In  Php
1:13  it means the Praetorian Guard in Rome. Mark mentions here
"the court" (	(8873) aul(8873)) inside of the palace into which the
people passed from the street through the vestibule. See further
on Matthew about the "band."