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Selected Verse: Matthew 27:33 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Mt 27:33 |
King James |
And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Golgotha - This is a Hebrew word, signifying the place of a skull. This is the word which in Luke is called "Calvary." The original Greek, there, also means a skull. The word "calvary" is a Latin word meaning "skull," or place of "skulls." It is not known certainly why this name was given to this place. Some have supposed that it was because the mount resembled in shape a human skull. The most probable opinion, however, is that it was a place of execution; that malefactors were beheaded there or otherwise put to death, and that their bones remained unburied or unburned. Golgotha, or Calvary, was probably a small eminence on the northwest of Jerusalem, without the walls of the city, but at a short distance. Jesus was put to death out of the city, because capital punishments were not allowed within the walls. See Num 15:35; Kg1 21:13. This was a law among the Romans as well as the Jews. He also died there, because the bodies of the beasts slain in sacrifice as typical of him were "burned without the camp." He also, as the antitype, suffered "without the gate," Heb 13:11-12. The place which is shown as Calvary now is within the city, and must also have been within the ancient walls, and there is no reason to suppose that it is the place where the Saviour was put to death. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
And when
The Order of Events at the Crucifixion.
The order of events at the crucifixion:
1) the arrival at Golgotha (Mat 27:33); (Mar 15:22); (Luk 23:33); (Joh 19:17).
(2) the offer of the stupefying drink refused (Mat 27:34); (Mar 15:23).
(3) Jesus is crucified between two thieves (Mat 27:35-38); (Mar 15:24-28); (Luk 23:33-38); (Joh 19:18-24).
(4) He utters the first cry from the cross, "Father, forgive," etc. (Luk 23:34).
(5) The soldiers part His garments (Mat 27:35); (Mar 15:24); (Luk 23:34); (Joh 19:23).
(6) The Jews mock Jesus (Mat 27:39-44); (Mar 15:29-32); (Luk 23:35-38).
(7) The thieves rail on Him, but one repents and believes (Mat 27:44); (Mar 15:32); (Luk 23:39-43).
(8) The second cry from the cross, "To-day shalt thou be with me," etc. (Luk 23:43).
(9) The third cry, "Woman, behold thy son" (Joh 19:26); (Joh 19:27).
(10) The darkness (Mat 27:45); (Mar 15:33); (Luk 23:44).
(11) The fourth cry, "My God," etc. (Mat 27:46); (Mat 27:47); (Mar 15:34-36).
(12) The fifth cry, "I thirst" (Joh 19:28).
(13) The sixth cry, "It is finished" (Joh 19:30).
(14) The seventh cry, "Father, into thy hands," etc. (Luk 23:46).
(15) Our Lord dismisses his spirit (Mat 27:50); (Mar 15:37); (Luk 23:46); (Joh 19:30).
(See Scofield) - (Mat 26:57). |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Golgotha
An Aramaic word, Gulgoltha, = the Hebrew, Gulgoleth, and translated skull in Jdg 9:53; Kg2 9:35. The word Calvary comes through the Latin calvaria, meaning skull, and used in the Vulgate. The New Testament narrative does not mention a mount or hill. The place was probably a rounded elevation. The meaning is not, as Tynd., a place of dead men's skulls, but simply skull. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| A place called Golgotha, that is, the place of a skull - Golgotha in Syriacts signifies a skull or head: it was probably called so from this time; being an eminence upon Mount Calvary, not far from the king's gardens. Mar 15:22; Luk 23:33; Joh 19:17 |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| A place called Golgotha - From the Hebrew גלגתה or גלגלת, golgoleth, a skull, probably so called from the many skulls of these who had suffered crucifixion and other capital punishments scattered up and down in the place. It is the same as Calvary, Calvaria, i.e. calvi capitis area, the place of bare skulls. Some think the place was thus called, because it was in the form of a human skull. It is likely that it was the place of public execution, similar to the Gemoniae Scalae at Rome. |
11 For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp.
12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.
13 And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.
35 And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.
57 And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.
30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
46 And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.
37 And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.
50 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
46 And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.
30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
28 After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.
34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
35 And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elias.
36 And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down.
47 Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias.
46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
44 And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
33 And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
27 Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.
26 When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!
43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
39 And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.
40 But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?
41 And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.
42 And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.
43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
32 Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled him.
44 The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.
35 And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.
36 And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,
37 And saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself.
38 And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
29 And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,
30 Save thyself, and come down from the cross.
31 Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save.
32 Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled him.
39 And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,
40 And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.
41 Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said,
42 He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.
43 He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
44 The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.
23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
24 And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take.
35 And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.
34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
18 Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst.
19 And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.
20 This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.
21 Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews.
22 Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.
23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
24 They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.
33 And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.
34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
35 And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.
36 And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,
37 And saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself.
38 And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
24 And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take.
25 And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.
26 And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
27 And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on his left.
28 And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the transgressors.
35 And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.
36 And sitting down they watched him there;
37 And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
38 Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left.
23 And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not.
34 They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.
17 And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:
33 And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.
22 And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull.
33 And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,
35 And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.
53 And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull.
17 And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:
33 And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.
22 And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull.