Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Matthew 27:33
(6) And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,
(6) He is led out of the city so that we might be brought into the heavenly kingdom.
(6) And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,
(6) He is led out of the city so that we might be brought into the heavenly kingdom.
Verse 33. _A PLACE CALLED GOLGOTHA_] From the Hebrew גלגתה or גלגלת, _golgoleth, a skull_, probably so called from the many skulls of these who had suffered crucifixion and other capital punishments...
GOLGOTHA - This is a Hebrew word, signifying the place of a skull. This is the word which in Luke is called “Calvary.” The original Greek, there, also means a skull. The word “calvary” is a Latin word...
CHAPTER 27 1. Delivered unto Pilate.(Matthew 27:1 .) 2. The Suicide of Judas.(Matthew 27:3 .) 3. Before Pilate. (Matthew 27:11 .) 4. The Awful Choice....
THE CRUCIFIXION (Mark 15:21 *, Luke 23:26). Mt. still follows Mk. clearly, the chief alterations being (_a)_ gall (Matthew 27:34) for myrrh (this is due to...
As they were going out, they found a Cyrenian man, Simon by name, and they impressed him into their service, to bear Jesus' Cross. When they had come to the place which is called Golgotha (which means...
THE MAN WHO SENTENCED JESUS TO DEATH (Matthew 27:1-2 ; Matthew 27:11-26)...
UNTO. Greek. _eis._ App-104. Not the same word as in verses: Matthew 27:19; Matthew 27:27; Matthew 27:45, Mat 19:62. GOLGOTHA. An Aramaic word, from the Hebrew _Gulgoleth_ (see App-94.
_a place called Golgotha_ The site of Golgotha is unknown; it was outside the walls, but "nigh to the city" (John 19:20), probably near the public road where people passed by (Matthew 27:39), it conta...
The Crucifixion and Death of Jesus Mark 15:22-37; Luke 23:33-46; John 19:18-30. St Mark's account differs little from St Matthew's. St Luke names the mockery of the soldiers and the words of the rob...
ΕἸΣ ΤΌΠΟΝ Κ.Τ.Λ. The site of Golgotha is not known for certain, but see notes to Plan of Jerusalem; it was outside the walls, but ‘nigh to the city’ (John 19:20), probably near the public road where p...
THE CRUCIFIXION AND DEATH OF JESUS Mark 15:22-37; Luke 23:33-46; John 19:18-30 St Mark’s account differs little from St Matthew’s. St Luke names the mockery of the soldiers and the words of the robbe...
VER 31. AND AFTER THAT THEY HAD MOCKED HIM, THEY TOOK THE ROBE OFF FROM HIM, AND PUT HIS OWN RAIMENT ON HIM, AND LED HIM AWAY TO CRUCIFY HIM. 32. AND AS THEY CAME OUT, THEY FOUND A MAN OF CYRENE, SIMO...
_JESUS' DEATH AND BURIAL MATTHEW 27:32-66:_ The power of the cross makes salvation possible. The sign over His head read, "This is Jesus the King of the Jews." He is far more though, "Now to the King...
ΈΛΘΌΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G2064) приходить, идти, ΚΡΑΝΊΟΝ (G2898) череп....
A PLACE CALLED GOLGOTHA— A Syriac word, which signifies a _skull_ or _head._ In Latin it is called _Calvary:_ the place was so named, either because malefactors used to be executed there, or because t...
ON THE WAY TO GOLGOTHA TEXT: 27:32-34 32 And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to go _with them,_ that he might bear his cross. 33 And when they were c...
Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. For the exposition, see the notes at Mark 15:16....
29 See Psa_69:19-20; Isa_53:3. 30 See Isa_50:6. 31 See Isa_53:7-8; Php_2:9-10. 31 In mockery, our Lord went through the mimic ceremony of being invested with imperial dignity. The shining attire wit...
27:33 means (d-10) Lit. 'is called.'...
HE IS LED TO THE CROSS (Mark 15:20; Luke 23:26; John 19:16). The cross was regarded as the most horrible and most degrading form of punishment, fit only for slaves. 'It is an outrage for a Roman citiz...
GOLGOTHA (Aramaic), or _Calvaria_ (Latin), means 'a skull.' It received its name either from being the place of execution, or from being an eminence shaped like a skull. It was certainly not a 'mounta...
BEFORE PILATE. THE CRUCIFIXION 1, 2. Jesus delivered to Pilate (Mark 15:1; Luke 23:1; John 18:28 : see on Jn)....
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 27 JUDAS KILLS HIMSELF 27:1-10 V1 It was very early in the morning. All the chief *priests and the other leaders decided that Jesus...
A PLACE CALLED GOLGOTHA. — The other Gospels give the name with the definite article, as though it were a well-known locality. It is not mentioned, however, by any Jewish writer, and its position is m...
Chapter 19 The Great Atonement Day - Matthew 26:1 - Matthew 27:1 WE enter now on the story of the last day of the mortal life of our Lord and Saviour. We have already noticed the large proportionate...
_Crucifixion_ (Mark 15:21-27; Luke 23:26; Luke 23:35-38). This part of the story begins with the closing words of Matthew 27:31 : “they led
“WHERE THEY CRUCIFIED HIM” Matthew 27:32-44 He will not drink what would dull His keen sense of the momentous issues of the Cross. Those taunts were true. None who save themselves can save others. Th...
The morning saw the plot hatched in the night carried into effect. This is chronicled in the first two verses of the chapter. The picture of Judas in his remorse is very terrible. Pilate stands out as...
Golgotha, i.e. the place of Calvary, [3] of heads and skulls: perhaps, says St. Jerome, from the skulls of persons executed, and buried there. Several ancient writers would have it so called, from Ada...
CHAPTER 27. JESUS LED TO CALVARY Matthew 27:31-34; Mark 15:20-23; Luke 23:26-33; John 19:16-17. “ And the
"And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross. (33) And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, ...
We now enter on the Lord's final presentation of Himself to Jerusalem, traced, however, from Jericho; that is, from the city which had once been the stronghold of the power of the Canaanite. The Lord...
Matthew 27:33._And they came to the place. _Jesus was _brought to the place _where it was customary to execute criminals, that his death might be more ignominious. Now though this was done according t...
After this (chapter 27), the unhappy priests and heads of the people deliver up their Messiah to the Gentiles, as He had told His disciples. Judas, in despair under Satan's power, hangs himself, havin...
AND WHEN THEY WERE COME TO A PLACE CALLED GOLGOTHA,.... The true pronunciation is "Golgoltha", and so it is read in Munster's Hebrew Gospel. It is a Syriac word, in which language letters are often le...
And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, Ver. 33. _A place of a skull_] Here our thrice noble Conqueror would erect his trophies, to encourage us to s...
_And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha_ A Syriac word which signifies a _scull_, or _head._ In Latin it is called _Calvary._ The place was so named, either because malefactors used to b...
A PLACE CALLED GOLGOTHA; without the city. Hebrews 13:12. Golgotha means a skull; but why the place bore this name is not agreed....
AND WHEN THEY WERE COME UNTO A PLACE CALLED GOLGOTHA, THAT IS TO SAY, A PLACE OF A SKULL,...
THE CRUCIFIXION AND DEATH....
All night the Lord Jesus had been subjected to the persecution of the Jewish council. Now early in the morning, determined that He might be put to death as soon as possible, they bring Him bound to th...
31-34 Christ was led as a Lamb to the slaughter, as a Sacrifice to the altar. Even the mercies of the wicked are really cruel. Taking the cross from him, they compelled one Simon to bear it. Make us...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 27:34"....
Five Books in Reply to Marcion is drunk, and gall[333]...
Matthew 27:33 And G2532 come G2064 (G5631) to G1519 place G5117 called G3004 (G5746) Golgotha G1115 that...
THE FINAL FAREWELL (27:27-54). In sober words Matthew now portrays what Jesus had to endure from the moment when He was handed over to His executioners to be mocked as ‘the King of the Jews' to the t...
JESUS IS PUT TO DEATH AS THE KING OF THE JEWS (27:32-37). That Matthew saw the thought of the crucifixion of his Master as hard to bear comes out especially in these few short verses. There is no emph...
‘And they were come to a place called Golgotha, that is to say, it was called, The place of a skull,' Humanly speaking it was a coincidence that the place where Jesus died was called ‘the place of a S...
Matthew 27:33. GOLGOTHA, that is to say, Place of a Skull. The name is the form then used, for the Hebrew word ‘skull' (comp. Luke 23:33, where ‘Calvary' means simply _skull)._ It is very unlikely tha...
This section describes the _central fact of the world's history_. The accounts of the four Evangelists agree perfectly as to the main points; but each mentions circumstances omitted by the others. Mat...
GOLGOTHA (Γολγοθα). Chaldaic or Aramaic _Gulgatha_, Hebrew _Gulgoleth_, place of a skull-shaped mount, not place of skulls. Latin Vulgate _Calvariae locus_, hence our Calvary. Tyndale misunderstood...
AND WHEN THE ORDER OF EVENTS AT THE CRUCIFIXION. The order of events at the crucifixion: 1) the arrival at Golgotha (Matthew 27:33); (Mark 15:22); (Luke 23:33); ...
Matthew 27:26 _(with Mark 15:15)_ Christ on the Cross. Christ on the Cross is our subject. You know His history, And when you read, "The people stood beholding" you will be ready to add, "And no won...
Matthew 27:33. _And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, they gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not...
Matthew 27:32. _And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross._ Perhaps they were afraid that Christ would die from exhaustion; so they compell...
We are now to read about our Lord before Pontius Pilate. Matthew 27:15. Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would. And they had then a notable pri...
Matthew 27:27. Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. And they stripped him and put on him a scarlet robe. And when they h...
Matthew 27:27. Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. And when they...
Our Lord was brought before the Roman governor Pilate. He was anxious to let Jesus go; but he was a weak-minded man, easily swayed by the noisy cry of the people, prompted by the chief priests and eld...
CONTENTS: Jesus delivered to Pilate. Judas' remorse. Barabbas released in Jesus' place. The crucifixion of Christ. The entombment and sealing of the tomb. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Pilate, Judas, Jerem...
The redemption of man is comprised in many scenes. The last supper of our Lord his agony in the garden, for there man first offended the treason of Judas the apprehension of Christ his appearance befo...
GOLGOTHA. A Hebrew word which means "skull." The Latin word is _calvaria,_ from which we get "Calvary." It may have been a place of execution. No one knows for sure just where it was located....
_And they crucified Him, and parted His garments, casting lots._ THE WATCH BY THE CROSS The thought of those who with tender heart watch by the cross of Jesus. I. The first thought concerns the vis...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 27:33 GOLGOTHA. Aramaic for “skull.” It may have had this name because it was a place of execution, because the area had a number of tombs, or possibly because the site in some...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 27:27 As he tells of the crucifixion, Matthew focuses on the fulfillment of OT prophecies about the suffering servant (Isaiah 42:1;...
Jesus is led away to be crucified Matthew 27:32-44; Mark 15:21-32; Luke 23:26-43; John 19:17-22;...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 27:27. THE COMMON HALL.—Literally, the _Prætorium_, a word which, applied originally to the tent of the prætor, or general, and so to the headquarters of the camp, had come t...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 27:1, MATTHEW 27:2 _Jesus brought to Pilate. _(Mark 15:1; Luke 2
This time shall we turn in our Bibles to Matthew's gospel chapter twenty-seven? In the twenty-sixth chapter we left Jesus before the high priest, the Sanhedrin, and Peter had just outside of this grou...
John 19:17; Luke 23:27; Mark 15:22...
Golgotha. An Aramaic word, Gulgoltha, = the Hebrew, Gulgoleth, and translated skull in Jude 1:9 :53; 2 Kings 9:35. The word Calvary comes through the Latin calvaria, meaning skull, and used in the Vul...
A place called Golgotha, that is, the place of a skull — Golgotha in Syriacts signifies a skull or head: it was probably called so from this time; being an eminence upon Mount Calvary, not far from th...