Matthew 27:33
And they came to a place which is called Golgotha, which is interpreted a skull.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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 to drink vinegar mixed with gall. And he tasted it, and would not drink.
Cross References
Mark 15:34And at the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice, and said: Il, Il, lemono shebakthone; that is: My God, my God; why hast thou forsaken me?
Luke 23:44And it was about the sixth hour; and darkness was over all the land, until the ninth hour.
John 19:23And the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments and made four parcels of them, a parcel for each of the soldiers. And his tunic was without seam from the top, woven 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 →