Matthew 27:33

Simplified Cowboy Version

They came to the place called Golgotha, which means "Skull Hill."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When they came to a place called Golgotha (which means Place of the Skull),

King James Version (1611)
And when they were come vnto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,

King James Version
And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,

English Standard Version
And when they came to a place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull),

New American Standard Bible
And when they came to a place called Golgotha, which means Place of a Skull,

New Century Version
They all came to the place called Golgotha, which means the Place of the Skull.

Amplified Bible
And when they came to a place called Golgotha, which means Place of a Skull,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
And when they came to a place called Golgotha, which means Place of a Skull,

Legacy Standard Bible
And when they came to a place called Golgotha, which means Place of a Skull,

Berean Standard Bible
And when they came to a place called Golgotha, which means The Place of the Skull,

Contemporary English Version
They came to a place named Golgotha, which means "Place of a Skull."

Complete Jewish Bible
When they arrived at a place called Gulgolta (which means "place of a skull"),

Darby Translation
And having come to a place called Golgotha, which means Place of a skull,

Easy-to-Read Version
They came to the place called Golgotha. (Golgotha means "The Place of the Skull.")

Geneva Bible (1587)
And when they came vnto the place called Golgotha, (that is to say, the place of dead mens skulles)

George Lamsa Translation
And they came to a place which is called Golgotha, which is interpreted The Skull.

Good News Translation
They came to a place called Golgotha, which means, "The Place of the Skull."

Lexham English Bible
And when they came to a place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull),

Literal Translation
And coming to a place called Golgotha, which is called, Place of a Skull,

American Standard Version
And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, The place of a skull,

Bible in Basic English
And when they came to the place named Golgotha, that is to say, Dead Man's Head,

Hebrew Names Version
They came to a place called "Gulgolta," that is to say, "The place of a skull."

International Standard Version
When they came to a place called Golgotha (which means "Skull Place"),Mark 15:22; Luke 23:33; John 19:17;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And they came to a place which is called Gogultho, which is expounded, The skull.

Murdock Translation
And they came to a place which is called Golgotha, which is interpreted a skull.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they came vnto the place, which is called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of [dead mens] skulles.

English Revised Version
And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, The place of a skull,

World English Bible
They came to a place called "Golgotha," that is to say, "The place of a skull."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And coming to a place called Golgotha, that is, the place of a skull, They gave him vinegar mingled with gall to drink,

Weymouth's New Testament
and so they came to a place called Golgotha, which means `Skull-ground.'

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei camen in to a place that is clepid Golgatha, that is, the place of Caluarie.

Update Bible Version
And they had come to a place called Golgotha, that is to say, The place of a skull,

Webster's Bible Translation
And when they had come to a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,

New English Translation
They came to a place called Golgotha (which means "Place of the Skull")

New King James Version
And when they had come to a place called Golgotha, that is to say, Place of a Skull,

New Living Translation
And they went out to a place called Golgotha (which means "Place of the Skull").

New Life Bible
They came to a place called Golgotha. This name means the place of a skull.

New Revised Standard
And when they came to a place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull),

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, coming into a place called Golgotha, that is to say, Skull-place,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they came to the place that is called Golgotha, which is the place of Calvary.

Revised Standard Version
And when they came to a place called Gol'gotha (which means the place of a skull),

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And whe they cam vnto ye place called Golgotha (that is to saye a place of deed mens sculles)

Young's Literal Translation
and having come to a place called Golgotha, that is called Place of a Skull,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And when they came vnto the place called Golgatha (that is to saye by interpretacio a place of deed mens sculles)

Mace New Testament (1729)
when they were come to a place called Golgotha, a word which signifies a skull,

Contextual Overview

³³They came to the place called Golgotha, which means "Skull Hill." ³⁴They offered Jesus a drink of wine mixed with a narcotic, but he spit it out as soon as he tasted it. ³⁵When they had strung him up on the cross and nailed him to it to be sure he wouldn't fall off, they rolled dice to see who would get his gear. ³⁶They all hunkered down to watch him die. ³⁷Above Jesus's head, they nailed a crudely painted sign that said, "This here's Jesus, the Boss of the Jews." ³⁸Two bank robbers were strung up beside him, one on his off-side and the other on his left. ³⁹A bunch of no-accounts rode by and cussed Jesus ⁴⁰sayin', "You claimed you were gonna destroy the church and rebuild it in three days! If you're the Boss's Son, come down off that cross and prove it, you coward!" ⁴¹The head honchos of the church acted in the same sorry fashion. They made fun of him and said, ⁴²"He rescued other cowboys, now let's see if he can come down off that cross and rescue himself. If he does, then we'll believe he is who he says he is.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Golgotha: Mark 15:22, Luke 23:27-33, John 19:17

Reciprocal: Luke 23:33 - when

Cross-References

John 10:10
A cattle rustler only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I have come that my cattle will have tall grass and clean water . . . and have a bunch of it.

Romans 11:29
God's gifts and his calling can never be thrown away.

Ephesians 1:3
Let's all take our hats off in thanks to everything God has given us through his son, Jesus. By riding with him, we have already received every spiritual blessing in heaven.

Hebrews 11:20
It was through a heapin' of faith that Isaac blessed his sons, Jake and Esau.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 left out: in the Syriac version of this place, the first "l" is left out, and the latter retained, and it is read "Gogoltha": and so, in the Persic, "Gagulta"; and in the Arabic, "Gagalut". The Ethiopic version reads it, "Golgotha"; and so, Dr. Lightfoot observes, it is read by the Samaritan interpreter of the first chapter of Numbers:

that is to say, a place of a skull: some say Adam's skull was found here, and from thence the place had its name; this is an ancient tradition, but without foundation m: it seems to be so called, because it was the place where malefactors were executed, and afterwards buried; whose bones and skulls in process of time might be dug up, and some of them might lie scattered about in this place: for, one that was executed as a malefactor n,

"they did not bury him in the sepulchres of his ancestors; but there were two places of burial appointed by the sanhedrim; one for those that were stoned, and for those that were burnt; and another for those that were killed with the sword, and for those that were strangled; and when their flesh was consumed, they gathered the bones, and buried them in their place;''

i.e. in the sepulchres of their ancestors. This place was as infamous as our Tyburn, and to be crucified at "Golgotha", was as ignominious as to be hanged at Tyburn; which shows what shame and disgrace our Lord was brought, and what he condescended to bear on our account.

m Misn. Sanhedrin, c. 6. sect. 4. 5. n T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 43. 1. Maimon. Hilch. Sauhedrin, c. 13. sect. 2, 3.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 meaning “skull,” or place of “skulls.” It is not known certainly why this name was given to this place. Some have supposed that it was because the mount resembled in shape a human skull. The most probable opinion, however, is that it was a place of execution; that malefactors were beheaded there or otherwise put to death, and that their bones remained unburied or unburned. Golgotha, or Calvary, was probably a small eminence on the northwest of Jerusalem, without the walls of the city, but at a short distance. Jesus was put to death out of the city, because capital punishments were not allowed within the walls. See Numbers 15:35; 1 Kings 21:13. This was a law among the Romans as well as the Jews. He also died there, because the bodies of the beasts slain in sacrifice as typical of him were “burned without the camp.” He also, as the antitype, suffered “without the gate,” Hebrews 13:11-12. The place which is shown as Calvary now is within the city, and must also have been within the ancient walls, and there is no reason to suppose that it is the place where the Saviour was put to death.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

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 scattered up and down in the place. It is the same as Calvary, Calvaria, i.e. calvi capitis area, the place of bare skulls. Some think the place was thus called, because it was in the form of a human skull. It is likely that it was the place of public execution, similar to the Gemoniae Scalae at Rome.