33And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,
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And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull. …
And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: …
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?
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. …
And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 33-49)We have here the crucifixion of our Lord Jesus. I. The place where our Lord Jesus was put to death. 1. They came to a place called Golgotha, near adjoining to Jerusalem, probably the common place of execution. If he had had a house of his own in Jerusalem, probably, for his greater disgrace, they would have crucified him before his own door. But now in the same place where criminals were sacrifice…
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