Matthew 27:33
and so they came to a place called Golgotha, which means `Skull-ground.'
Weymouth NT (1912)
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
32Going out they met a Cyrenaean named Simon; whom they compelled to carry His cross,
34Here they gave Him a mixture of wine and gall to drink, but having tasted it He refused to drink it.
Cross References
Mark 15:34But at three o'clock Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "Elohi, Elohi, lama sabachthani?" which means, "My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken me?"
Luke 23:44It was now about noon, and a darkness came over the whole country till three o'clock in the afternoon.
John 19:23So the soldiers, as soon as they had crucified Jesus, took His garments, including His tunic, and divided them into four parts--one part for each soldier. The tunic was without seam, woven from the top in one piece.
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 →