John 19:17

bearing his cross, to a place called a Skull, and in Hebrew called Golgotha;

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:

In Context

16Then he delivered him to them, that they might crucify him. And they took Jesus, and led him away,

18where they crucified him; and two others with him, the one on this side, and the other on that, and Jesus in the middle.

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Cross References

Matthew 16:24Then said Jesus to his disciples: If any one desireth to come after me, let him deny himself; and let him bear his cross, and come after me.

Matthew 27:37And they placed over his head the cause of his death, in the writing: THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

Mark 10:21And Jesus looked on him, and loved him, and said to him: One thing thou lackest. Go, sell all that thou possessest, and give to the poor, and there will be a treasure for thee in heaven; and take thy cross, and come after me.

Matthew Henry on John 19:17-19

Christ Condemned; The Crucifixion. 16 Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away. 17 And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: 18 Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst. We have here sentence of death passed upon our Lord Jesus, and execution done soon after. A mighty struggle Pilate had had within him between his convictions and his… Read the whole commentary →

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