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class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><a href="/niv/john/19.htm">New International Version</a> Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha). <a href="/nlt/john/19.htm">New Living Translation</a> Carrying the cross by himself, he went to the place called Place of the Skull (in Hebrew, Golgotha ). <a href="/esv/john/19.htm">English Standard Version</a> and he went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called The Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha. <a href="/bsb/john/19.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Carrying His own cross, He went out to The Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha. <a href="/blb/john/19.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And bearing His own cross, He went out to the place called the Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha, <a href="/kjv/john/19.htm">King James Bible</a> And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: <a href="/nkjv/john/19.htm">New King James Version</a> And He, bearing His cross, went out to a place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha, <a href="/nasb_/john/19.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> They took Jesus, therefore, and He went out, carrying His own cross, to the place called the Place of a Skull, which in Hebrew is called, Golgotha. <a href="/nasb/john/19.htm">NASB 1995</a> They took Jesus, therefore, and He went out, bearing His own cross, to the place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha. <a href="/nasb77/john/19.htm">NASB 1977 </a> They took Jesus therefore, and He went out, bearing His own cross, to the place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha. <a href="/lsb/john/19.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> They took Jesus, therefore, and He went out, bearing His own cross, to the place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha. <a href="/amp/john/19.htm">Amplified Bible</a> So they took Jesus, and He went out, bearing His own cross, to the place called the Place of the Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha. <a href="/csb/john/19.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Carrying the cross by himself, he went out to what is called Place of the Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha. <a href="/hcsb/john/19.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Carrying His own cross, He went out to what is called Skull Place, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha. <a href="/asv/john/19.htm">American Standard Version</a> They took Jesus therefore: and he went out, bearing the cross for himself, unto the place called The place of a skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha: <a href="/cev/john/19.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> and he carried his cross to a place known as "The Skull." In Aramaic this place is called "Golgotha." <a href="/erv/john/19.htm">English Revised Version</a> They took Jesus therefore: and he went out, bearing the cross for himself, unto the place called The place of a skull, which is called in Hebrew Golgotha: <a href="/gwt/john/19.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> He carried his own cross and went out [of the city] to a location called The Skull. (In Hebrew this place is called [Golgotha].) <a href="/gnt/john/19.htm">Good News Translation</a> He went out, carrying his cross, and came to "The Place of the Skull," as it is called. (In Hebrew it is called "Golgotha.") <a href="/isv/john/19.htm">International Standard Version</a> Carrying the cross all by himself, he went out to what is called The Place of a Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha. <a href="/msb/john/19.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Carrying His own cross, He went out to The Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha. <a href="/net/john/19.htm">NET Bible</a> and carrying his own cross he went out to the place called "The Place of the Skull" (called in Aramaic Golgotha). <a href="/nheb/john/19.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> And he went out, carrying the cross himself, to the place called "The Place of a Skull," which is called in Hebrew, "Golgotha," <a href="/wbt/john/19.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew, Golgotha: <a href="/wey/john/19.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> and He went out carrying His own cross, to the place called Skull-place--or, in Hebrew, Golgotha-- <a href="/web/john/19.htm">World English Bible</a> He went out, bearing his cross, to the place called “The Place of a Skull”, which is called in Hebrew, “Golgotha”, <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/john/19.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and carrying His cross, He went forth to the [place] called “Place of [the] Skull,” which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha— <a href="/blb/john/19.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And bearing His own cross, He went out to the place called the Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha, <a href="/ylt/john/19.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and bearing his cross, he went forth to the place called Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew Golgotha; <a href="/slt/john/19.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And they took Jesus, and led away: and bearing his cross he went out into a place called Kranium, which in Hebraic is called Golgotha:<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/john/19.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And bearing his own cross, he went forth to that place which is called Calvary, but in Hebrew Golgotha. <a href="/cpdv/john/19.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And carrying his own cross, he went forth to the place which is called Calvary, but in Hebrew it is called the Place of the Skull. <a href="/nabre/john/19.htm">New American Bible</a> and carrying the cross himself he went out to what is called the Place of the Skull, in Hebrew, Golgotha. <a href="/nrsvce/john/19.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> and carrying the cross by himself, he went out to what is called The Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/john/19.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Carrying his cross, to the place which is called The Skull, but in Hebrew it is called Golgotha; <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/john/19.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> Then he took up his cross to the place called Qaraqpatha, but in Judean Aramaic it is called Gagultha,<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/john/19.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> And, bearing his cross, he went forth into a place called the Place of a Skull, which is called, in Hebrew, Golgotha, <a href="/godbey/john/19.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> And He was bearing His cross. And He went out into a place called Calvary, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha. <a href="/haweis/john/19.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> And carrying his cross he went forth to a place called the Place of a Skull, which in the Hebrew is termed Golgotha: <a href="/mace/john/19.htm">Mace New Testament</a> and he bearing his cross, marched out to a place called the skull, which is in the Syriac, Golgotha: where they crucified him, <a href="/wey/john/19.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> and He went out carrying His own cross, to the place called Skull-place--or, in Hebrew, Golgotha-- <a href="/worrell/john/19.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> They took Jesus, therefore; and, bearing the cross for Himself, He went forth into the place called "Place of a Skull," which, in Hebrew, is called "Golgotha;" <a href="/worsley/john/19.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> And they took Jesus, and led Him away. And He went out, bearing his cross, into a place called the place of a scull, in Hebrew Golgotha: <a href="/parallel/john/19-17.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ixy2bchmXZ0?start=6759" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/john/19.htm">The Crucifixion</a> 16Then Pilate handed Jesus over to be crucified, and the soldiers took Him away. 17<a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: Kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/941.htm" title="941: bastazōn (V-PPA-NMS) -- Perhaps remotely derived from the base of basis; to lift, literally or figuratively.">Carrying</a> <a href="/greek/1438.htm" title="1438: heautō (RefPro-DM3S) -- Himself, herself, itself. ">His own</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ton (Art-AMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/4716.htm" title="4716: stauron (N-AMS) -- A cross. ">cross,</a> <a href="/greek/1831.htm" title="1831: exēlthen (V-AIA-3S) -- To go out, come out. From ek and erchomai; to issue.">He went out</a> <a href="/greek/1519.htm" title="1519: eis (Prep) -- A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.">to</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ton (Art-AMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3004.htm" title="3004: legomenon (V-PPM/P-AMS) -- (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. "></a> <a href="/greek/5117.htm" title="5117: topon (N-AMS) -- Apparently a primary word; a spot, i.e. Location; figuratively, condition, opportunity; specially, a scabbard.">The Place</a> <a href="/greek/2898.htm" title="2898: Kraniou (N-GNS) -- A skull. Diminutive of a derivative of the base of keras; a skull.">of the Skull,</a> <a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: ho (RelPro-NNS) -- Who, which, what, that. ">which</a> <a href="/greek/1447.htm" title="1447: Hebraisti (Adv) -- In the Hebrew, or rather, in the Aramaic dialect. Adverb from Hebrais; Hebraistically or in the Jewish language.">in Hebrew</a> <a href="/greek/3004.htm" title="3004: legetai (V-PIM/P-3S) -- (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. ">is called</a> <a href="/greek/1115.htm" title="1115: Golgotha (N-NFS) -- Golgotha, a knoll outside the wall of Jerusalem. Of Chaldee origin; the skull; Golgotha, a knoll near Jerusalem.">Golgotha.</a> 18There they crucified Him, and with Him two others, one on each side, with Jesus in the middle.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/matthew/27-31.htm">Matthew 27:31-33</a> After they had mocked Him, they removed the robe and put His own clothes back on Him. Then they led Him away to crucify Him. / Along the way they found a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross of Jesus. / And when they came to a place called Golgotha, which means The Place of the Skull, <a href="/mark/15-20.htm">Mark 15:20-22</a> After they had mocked Him, they removed the purple robe and put His own clothes back on Him. Then they led Him out to crucify Him. / Now Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the country, and the soldiers forced him to carry the cross of Jesus. / They brought Jesus to a place called Golgotha, which means The Place of the Skull. <a href="/luke/23-26.htm">Luke 23:26-33</a> As the soldiers led Him away, they seized Simon of Cyrene on his way in from the country, and they put the cross on him to carry behind Jesus. / A great number of people followed Him, including women who kept mourning and wailing for Him. / But Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. ... <a href="/john/18-12.htm">John 18:12-14</a> Then the band of soldiers, with its commander and the officers of the Jews, arrested Jesus and bound Him. / They brought Him first to Annas, who was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest that year. / Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that it would be better if one man died for the people. <a href="/john/18-28.htm">John 18:28</a> Then they led Jesus away from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium, to avoid being defiled and unable to eat the Passover. <a href="/john/18-40.htm">John 18:40</a> “Not this man,” they shouted, “but Barabbas!” (Now Barabbas was an insurrectionist.) <a href="/john/19-16.htm">John 19:16</a> Then Pilate handed Jesus over to be crucified, and the soldiers took Him away. <a href="/acts/7-58.htm">Acts 7:58</a> They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul. <a href="/hebrews/13-12.htm">Hebrews 13:12</a> And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood. <a href="/isaiah/53-12.htm">Isaiah 53:12</a> Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors. <a href="/genesis/22-6.htm">Genesis 22:6</a> Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac. He himself carried the fire and the sacrificial knife, and the two of them walked on together. <a href="/leviticus/16-27.htm">Leviticus 16:27</a> The bull for the sin offering and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought into the Most Holy Place to make atonement, must be taken outside the camp; and their hides, flesh, and dung must be burned up. <a href="/numbers/15-35.htm">Numbers 15:35-36</a> And the LORD said to Moses, “The man must surely be put to death. The whole congregation is to stone him outside the camp.” / So the whole congregation took the man outside the camp and stoned him to death, as the LORD had commanded Moses. <a href="/1_kings/21-13.htm">1 Kings 21:13</a> And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death. <a href="/2_kings/23-6.htm">2 Kings 23:6</a> He brought the Asherah pole from the house of the LORD to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem, and there he burned it, ground it to powder, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:he.<a href="/matthew/10-38.htm">Matthew 10:38</a> And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.<a href="/matthew/16-24.htm">Matthew 16:24</a> Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.<a href="/matthew/27-31.htm">Matthew 27:31-33</a> 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… went.<a href="/leviticus/16-21.htm">Leviticus 16:21,22</a> And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: … <a href="/leviticus/24-14.htm">Leviticus 24:14</a> Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him.<a href="/numbers/15-35.htm">Numbers 15:35,36</a> And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp… Golgotha.<a href="/matthew/27-33.htm">Matthew 27:33,34</a> And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, … <a href="/mark/15-21.htm">Mark 15:21,22</a> And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross… <a href="/luke/23-33.htm">Luke 23:33</a> And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/john/19-13.htm">Aramaic</a> <a href="/john/19-5.htm">Bearing</a> <a href="/john/18-3.htm">Carrying</a> <a href="/john/19-16.htm">Cross</a> <a href="/john/15-6.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/john/19-13.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/luke/23-33.htm">Golgotha</a> <a href="/mark/15-22.htm">Gol'gotha</a> <a href="/john/19-13.htm">Hebrew</a> <a href="/john/19-16.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/luke/23-33.htm">Skull</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/john/19-20.htm">Aramaic</a> <a href="/john/19-39.htm">Bearing</a> <a href="/acts/3-2.htm">Carrying</a> <a href="/john/19-18.htm">Cross</a> <a href="/john/19-33.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/john/19-34.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/matthew/27-33.htm">Golgotha</a> <a href="/matthew/27-33.htm">Gol'gotha</a> <a href="/john/19-20.htm">Hebrew</a> <a href="/john/19-18.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/judges/9-53.htm">Skull</a><div class="vheading2">John 19</div>1. <a href="/john/19-1.htm">Jesus is scourged, crowned with thorns, and beaten.</a> 4. <a href="/john/19-4.htm">Pilate is desirous to release him, </a> 15. <a href="/john/19-15.htm">but being overcome with the outrage of the crowd, he delivers him to be crucified.</a> 23. <a href="/john/19-23.htm">They cast lots for his garments.</a> 25. <a href="/john/19-25.htm">He commends his mother to John.</a> 28. <a href="/john/19-28.htm">He dies.</a> 31. <a href="/john/19-31.htm">His side is pierced.</a> 38. <a href="/john/19-38.htm">He is buried by Joseph and Nicodemus.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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It reflects the fulfillment of Jesus' earlier words in <a href="/luke/9-23.htm">Luke 9:23</a>, where He calls His followers to take up their cross daily. The act of carrying the cross signifies submission to God's will and the bearing of burdens. It also fulfills the prophecy of <a href="/isaiah/53-4.htm">Isaiah 53:4</a>, where the Suffering Servant bears the iniquities of others. This moment underscores Jesus' role as the sacrificial Lamb, willingly taking on the sins of the world.He went out This indicates Jesus leaving the city of Jerusalem, as executions were carried out outside the city walls to maintain ceremonial cleanliness (<a href="/hebrews/13-12.htm">Hebrews 13:12</a>). The act of going out also symbolizes Jesus being cast out of the community, bearing the reproach and shame of sin. It connects to the scapegoat ritual in <a href="/leviticus/16.htm">Leviticus 16</a>, where the sins of the people were symbolically placed on a goat that was sent out into the wilderness.to The Place of the Skull The Place of the Skull, or Golgotha, is traditionally identified as a hill outside Jerusalem's walls. The name may derive from the hill's shape or from its association with death and execution. This location is significant as it fulfills the typology of the Old Testament sacrifices, which were made outside the camp (<a href="/leviticus/4-12.htm">Leviticus 4:12</a>). The site is a reminder of the cost of sin and the ultimate sacrifice Jesus made for humanity.which in Hebrew is called Golgotha The use of the Hebrew name Golgotha emphasizes the Jewish context of Jesus' crucifixion. It connects to the Aramaic-speaking Jewish population of the time and highlights the fulfillment of Jewish prophecy and law. The name itself, meaning "skull," may also symbolize the place of death and the victory over sin and death that Jesus' crucifixion would achieve. This moment is a pivotal point in salvation history, where the prophecies of the Old Testament converge in the person and work of Jesus Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a> The central figure of this passage, Jesus is carrying His own cross to the place of crucifixion. This act signifies His submission to the Father's will and His role as the sacrificial Lamb for humanity's sins. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_cross.htm">The Cross</a> A symbol of suffering, shame, and ultimately redemption. Jesus carrying His own cross highlights His willingness to bear the weight of the world's sins. 3. <a href="/topical/g/golgotha.htm">Golgotha</a> Known as the "place of the Skull," this is the site where Jesus was crucified. The name Golgotha is derived from the Aramaic word "Gulgaltha," which means "skull." 4. <a href="/topical/r/roman_soldiers.htm">Roman Soldiers</a> Though not mentioned directly in this verse, they are the ones who would have been overseeing the crucifixion process, representing the authority of the Roman Empire. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_path_to_golgotha.htm">The Path to Golgotha</a> This journey symbolizes the path of suffering and obedience that Jesus walked, fulfilling Old Testament prophecies about the Messiah's suffering.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_weight_of_sin.htm">The Weight of Sin</a> Jesus carrying His own cross is a powerful image of Him bearing the weight of our sins. Reflect on the gravity of sin and the immense love of Christ in taking it upon Himself. <a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_will.htm">Obedience to God's Will</a> Jesus' journey to Golgotha exemplifies perfect obedience to the Father's will. Consider how we are called to follow His example in our own lives, even when it involves suffering. <a href="/topical/t/the_cost_of_discipleship.htm">The Cost of Discipleship</a> Just as Jesus carried His cross, we are called to take up our own crosses. This involves sacrifice, self-denial, and a commitment to follow Christ regardless of the cost. <a href="/topical/t/the_fulfillment_of_prophecy.htm">The Fulfillment of Prophecy</a> Jesus' actions fulfilled numerous Old Testament prophecies, affirming the reliability of Scripture and God's sovereign plan. Trust in God's promises and His faithfulness to fulfill them. <a href="/topical/t/the_path_to_redemption.htm">The Path to Redemption</a> Golgotha, the place of the Skull, is where redemption was accomplished. Reflect on the significance of Jesus' sacrifice and the hope it brings for eternal life.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_john_19.htm">Top 10 Lessons from John 19</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'place_of_the_skull'_mean.htm">What is the meaning of "Place of the Skull"?</a> <a href="/q/why_did_jesus_suffer_outside.htm">Why did Jesus suffer beyond the city gates?</a> <a href="/q/ready_for_upcoming_challenges.htm">What is the meaning of 'Place of the Skull'?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_the_definition_of_crucifixion.htm">What is the definition of crucifixion?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/john/19.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(17) For the way of the cross, comp. <a href="/context/matthew/27-31.htm" title="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.">Matthew 27:31-34</a>; <a href="/context/mark/15-20.htm" title="And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him.">Mark 15:20-23</a>; <a href="/context/luke/23-26.htm" title="And as they led him away, they laid hold on one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.">Luke 23:26-33</a>. For the present passage, comp. especially Note on the parallel words in <a href="/matthew/27-33.htm" title="And when they were come to a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,">Matthew 27:33</a>.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/john/19.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 17-24. - (4) THE CRUCIFIXION. Love unto the uttermost. Verses 17, 18. - (a) The circumstances of the death. Verse 17. - Therefore they took (received) Jesus from the hands of the Gentile, leading the way in their accursed procession, gloating over their Victim. Παρέλαβον reminds us (Westcott) of the παρέλαβον, (<a href="/john/1-11.htm">John 1:11</a>), where it is said, "His own received him not." They did not receive him in the fullness of his grace, but they did receive him to inflict the curse and shame and death for which they had plotted and clamored. This powerful suggestion is brought out by the amended text. At this point, when the sacred Sufferer left the Praetorium and was dragged into the rush of the vociferating crowd, the synoptic narrative becomes far fuller in detail. The terrible tragedy in-eludes the disrobing. The bleeding form is once more clothed with his own garments (<a href="/matthew/27-31.htm">Matthew 27:31</a>; <a href="/mark/15-20.htm">Mark 15:20</a>). It is not necessary to suppose a second scourging (see ver. 1). The circumstance mentioned (<a href="/luke/23-26.htm">Luke 23:26</a> and parallel passages) of Simon of Cyrene made to bear his cross after him, shows how Jesus in his human nature had suffered already. A second scourging (if we judge by all we can gather of such an infliction) would have been followed by immediate death, and would thus have snatched from them the realization of their inhuman purpose. The statement that, bearing his cross for himself, he went forth, shows that they tried to force him thus in his agony to endure this additional humiliation, and, from his physical exhaustion, were compelled to make use of the expedient described by the synoptists. Mark (<a href="/mark/15-22.htm">Mark 15:22</a>) introduces another most suggestive word, φέρουσιν αὐτὸν, literally, "they carry him" from the place where they compelled (ἀγγαρεύουσιον) Simon to take up his cross, and at least he hints, if he does not express, the terrible fact that they had, by their fell cruelty of all kinds, at length exhausted all the human physical strength of the Sufferer. John's language, though at first sight discrepant with Luke's, really explains it. Luke also describes the wailing of the daughters of Jerusalem, and the sublime self-forgetfulness with which Jesus turned their thoughts from his agony to themselves and their children. Matthew and Mark both relate another scene, which seems as if one gleam of pity had crossed some heart - "They offered him wine, mixed with narcotic gall," to stupefy his senses, and lull his physical agony. He did not put it by "with suicidal hand;" but, as Keble sang - "Thou wilt feel all, that thou mayst pity all; And rather wouldst thou wrestle with strong pain Than overcloud thy soul, So clear in agony, Or lose no glimpse of heaven before the time." (Christian Year.') He went forth to a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew, Golgotha. "He went forth" from the Praetorium along the Via Dolorosa, wheresoever it was, beyond the city wall (<a href="/hebrews/13-12.htm">Hebrews 13:12</a>, etc., "He suffered without the gate"). Moses had forbidden (<a href="/leviticus/24-14.htm">Leviticus 24:14</a>; <a href="/numbers/15-35.htm">Numbers 15:35</a>) capital punishment within the camp (cf. <a href="/1_kings/21-13.htm">1 Kings 21:13</a>; <a href="/acts/7-58.htm">Acts 7:58</a>). The traditional site of the place is far within the present walls in the north-western quarter of the city, not far from the gate of Damascus; and endless discussions have prevailed with respect to the line of the second city wall, which at that time must either have included or excluded the site of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. The identification of the site of Golgotha is rendered difficult from the eagerness with which theories have been sustained. (1) Ferguson's theory is that Constantine's" Church of the Resurrection" is to be found in the 'dome of the rock' in the temple enclosure! He urges that the tradition was moved thence to the "Church of the Holy Sepulcher" in the eleventh century, when Fatimite kaliphs drove the Christians away, and persecuted the pilgrims to such an extent as to produce the reaction of the Crusades. . . . <a href="/commentaries/john/19-17.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>Carrying βαστάζων (bastazōn) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_941.htm">Strong's 941: </a> Perhaps remotely derived from the base of basis; to lift, literally or figuratively. [His] own ἑαυτῷ (heautō) Reflexive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1438.htm">Strong's 1438: </a> Himself, herself, itself. cross, σταυρὸν (stauron) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4716.htm">Strong's 4716: </a> A cross. He went out ἐξῆλθεν (exēlthen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1831.htm">Strong's 1831: </a> To go out, come out. From ek and erchomai; to issue. to εἰς (eis) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1519.htm">Strong's 1519: </a> A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases. [The] Place τόπον (topon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5117.htm">Strong's 5117: </a> Apparently a primary word; a spot, i.e. Location; figuratively, condition, opportunity; specially, a scabbard. of the Skull, Κρανίου (Kraniou) Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2898.htm">Strong's 2898: </a> A skull. Diminutive of a derivative of the base of keras; a skull. which ὃ (ho) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3739.htm">Strong's 3739: </a> Who, which, what, that. in Aramaic Ἑβραϊστὶ (Hebraisti) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_1447.htm">Strong's 1447: </a> In the Hebrew, or rather, in the Aramaic dialect. Adverb from Hebrais; Hebraistically or in the Jewish language. is called λέγεται (legetai) Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3004.htm">Strong's 3004: </a> (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. Golgotha. Γολγοθᾶ (Golgotha) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1115.htm">Strong's 1115: </a> Golgotha, a knoll outside the wall of Jerusalem. 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