translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: ROM

label: NET study note

text: The judgment seat ( βῆμα , bhma ) was a raised platform mounted by steps and sometimes furnished with a seat, used by officials in addressing an assembly or making pronouncements, often on judicial matters. The judgment seat was a familiar item in Greco-Roman culture, often located in the agora , the public square or marketplace in the center of a city.


text: A quotation from Isa 45:23 .


text: Here clean refers to food being ceremonially clean.