Matthew 27:33
Having come to the place called Golgotha, which is called the place of a skull.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,
In Context
34And they gave Him vinegar mingled with gall to drink: and tasting, He was not willing to drink it.
Cross References
Mark 15:34And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
Luke 23:44And it was about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
John 19:23Then the soldiers, when they crucified Jesus, took His garments, and made them four parts, a part for each soldier; and the vesture. And the vesture was seamless, woven from the top throughout.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 27:27-33
Christ Scourged and Derided; Christ Mocked by the Soldiers. 26 Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified. 27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. 28 And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. 29 And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King… Read the whole commentary →