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<div> '''1: στοά ''' (Strong'S #4745 — Noun [[Feminine]] — stoa — sto-ah' ) </div> <p> "a portico," is used (a) of the "porches" at the pool of Bethesda, &nbsp;John 5:2; (b) of the covered colonnade in the Temple, called Solomon's "porch," &nbsp;John 10:23; &nbsp;Acts 3:11; &nbsp;5:12 a portico on the eastern side of the temple; this and the other "porches" existent in the time of Christ were almost certainly due to Herod's restoration. Cp. [[Stoics]] (&nbsp; Acts 17:18 ), "philosophers of the porch." </p> <div> '''2: πυλών ''' (Strong'S #4440 — Noun Masculine — pulon — poo-lone' ) </div> <p> akin to pule, "a gate" (Eng., "pylon"), is used of "a doorway, porch or vestibule" of a house or palace, &nbsp;Matthew 26:71 . In the parallel passage &nbsp;Mark 14:68 , No. 3 is used, and pulon doubtless stands in &nbsp;Matthew 26 for proaulion. See [[Gate]] , No. 2. </p> <div> '''3: προαύλιον ''' (Strong'S #4259 — Noun Neuter — proaulion — pro-ow'-lee-on ) </div> <p> "the exterior court" or "vestibule," between the door and the street, in the houses of well-to-do folk, &nbsp;Mark 14:68 , "porch" (RV marg., "forecourt"). </p>

<p> <strong> [[Porch]] </strong> . This word is a doublet of ‘portico’ (from Lat. <em> porticus </em> ), both originally denoting a covered entrance to a building. When the front of this entrance is supported on pillars, the porch becomes a portico. <em> particus </em> , like the Gr. <em> stoa </em> , was extended to signify a roofed colonnade running round a public building such as a temple, or enclosing an open space, like the cloisters of a mediæval monastery. The most famous of these ‘porches’ a sense in which the word is now obsolete were the ‘painted porch’ the Porch <em> par excellence </em> at Athens, and Solomon’s porch at [[Jerusalem]] (see below). </p> <p> In the OT a porch is named chiefly in connexion with the [[Temple]] (see below), or with the <strong> palace </strong> (wh. see) of Solomon. The pillars of the temple of [[Dagon]] at [[Gaza]] which [[Samson]] pulled down, or rather slid from their stone bases, were probably two of those supporting the portico, as ingeniously explained by Macalister, <em> Bible Sidelights </em> , etc., ch. vii. (see House, § <strong> 5 </strong> ). The word rendered ‘porch’ in &nbsp; Judges 3:23 is of quite uncertain meaning and even of doubtful authenticity. </p> <p> In the NT, in connexion with the trial of Jesus, mention is made of a ‘porch’ or, as RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] , ‘forecourt’ (&nbsp;Mark 14:63 ), as distinguished from the ‘court’ (&nbsp; Mark 14:66 RV [Note: Revised Version.] ) of the high priest’s palace, for which &nbsp; Matthew 26:71 (EV [Note: English Version.] ‘porch’) has a word elsewhere rendered ‘gate.’ In both cases the covered gateway leading from the street to the court is probably meant. </p> <p> <strong> Solomon’s porch </strong> (&nbsp; John 10:23 , &nbsp; Acts 3:11; &nbsp; Acts 5:12 ) was a covered colonnade or cloister running along the east side of the Temple enclosure (see Temple, § <strong> 1 </strong> ( <em> a </em> ), where the triple colonnade of Herod’s temple the ‘Royal Porch’ of [[Josephus]] is also discussed. For details see <em> ExpT </em> <em> [Note: Expository Times.] </em> , Nov. 1908, p. 68). A similar colonnade enclosed the pool of [[Bethesda]] (&nbsp; John 5:2 ). </p> <p> A. R. S. Kennedy. </p>

<p> 'uwlam . &nbsp;1 Chronicles 28:11, of Solomon's temple, a "vestibule open in front and on the sides". The porch (puloon or proaulion ), &nbsp;Matthew 26:71, is the passage beneath the housefront from the street to the aule or court inside, open to the sky. This passage or porch was closed next the street by a large folding gate with a small wicket for single persons, kept by a porter (&nbsp;John 18:16-17). The "porches" (&nbsp;John 5:2) were arches or porticoes opening upon and surrounding the reservoir Solomon's porch (&nbsp;John 10:23) was on the E. side of the temple (Josephus, Ant. 20:9, section 7). </p>

<p> ''''' pōrch ''''' : [[Chiefly]] in the Old [[Testament]] אוּלם , <i> ''''' 'ūlām ''''' </i> , used of the temples of Solomon and Ezekiel (see Temple ); once <i> ''''' miṣderōn ''''' </i> , a "vestibule," in &nbsp; Judges 3:23 . In the New Testament, the word occurs in connection with the high priest's palace (&nbsp;Matthew 26:71 , <i> '''''pulṓn''''' </i> ; &nbsp;Mark 14:68 , <i> '''''proaúlion''''' </i> ), and as the rendering of στοά , <i> '''''stoá''''' </i> , a "portico," in &nbsp;John 5:2 (pool of Bethesda); and &nbsp; John 10:23; &nbsp;Acts 3:11; &nbsp;Acts 5:12 . See Porch , [[Portico]] , Solomon 'S. </p>