When they came to the place that is called The Skull, they crucified him there with the criminals, one on the right and the other on the left.
Parallel translations
- KJV 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.
- BSB When they came to the place called The Skull, they crucified Him there, along with the criminals, one on His right and the other on His left.
- NKJV And when they had come to the place called Calvary, there they crucified Him, and the criminals, one on the right hand and the other on the left.
- NASB And when they came to the place called The Skull, there they crucified Him and the criminals, one on the right and the other on the left.
- NLT When they came to a place called The Skull, they nailed him to the cross. And the criminals were also crucified—one on his right and one on his left.
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At the place called The Skull they crucified Jesus between the two criminals. The sinless Savior died the death of the condemned.
Overview
At Golgotha (Calvary), Jesus is nailed to the cross with a criminal on each side. The central position marks Him as the focus of God's redemptive act, though to onlookers He seemed merely the chief of three offenders. Here the predicted suffering reaches its climax as Christ pours out His life as an offering for sin.
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- Mark 15:22–23They brought him to the place called Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, “The place of a skull.”
- John 19:17–18He went out, bearing his cross, to the place called “The Place of a Skull”, which is called in Hebrew, “Golgotha”,
- Zech 12:10I will pour on David’s house, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they will look to me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and will grieve bitterly for him, as one grieves for his firstborn.
- Deut 21:23his body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall surely bury him the same day; for he who is hanged is accursed of God; that you don’t defile your land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance.
- Matt 27:33–34When they came to a place called “Golgotha”, that is to say, “The place of a skull,”
- John 18:32that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spoke, signifying by what kind of death he should die.
- 1 Pet 2:24who his own self bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.
- Acts 13:29When they had fulfilled all things that were written about him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a tomb.
- Gal 3:13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree,”
- Heb 13:12–13Therefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people through his own blood, suffered outside of the gate.
- Ps 22:16For dogs have surrounded me. A company of evildoers have enclosed me. They have pierced my hands and feet.
- Matt 26:2“You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified.”
- Matt 20:19and will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock, to scourge, and to crucify; and the third day he will be raised up.”
- John 12:33–34But he said this, signifying by what kind of death he should die.
- Mark 10:33–34“Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem. The Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes. They will condemn him to death, and will deliver him to the Gentiles.
- John 3:14As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
- Luke 24:7saying that the Son of Man must be delivered up into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again?”
- Acts 5:30The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you killed, hanging him on a tree.
- Acts 2:23him, being delivered up by the determined counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by the hand of lawless men, crucified and killed;
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