Matthew Poole and continuators on John 19:13

13 ¶ When Pilate therefore heard that saying , he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment-seat, in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha .

That saying, that if he let Jesus go, he was not Cesars friend. Pilate was a man that loved the honour that was from men, more than the honour and praise which is from God; and was more afraid of losing his place than his Soul, and could no longer resist the temptation he was under:

he brought forth Christ, and sate down in a place called the Pavement, because it was paved with stone, but in the Hebrew, (mixed with the Syriack) Gabbatha, that is, an High place; for it was their manner to have their Iudgment-seats higher than other parts of the room where they were.