en_tn_condensed/jhn/18/28.md

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# Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas
"Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas' house"
# they did not enter the government headquarters so that they would not be defiled
Pilate was not a Jew, so if the Jewish leaders entered his headquarters, they would be defiled. This would have prevented them from celebrating the Passover. "they themselves remained outside Pilate's headquarters because Pilate was a Gentile. They did not want to become defiled"