| Geneva Study Bible {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. People's New Testament 27:33 Golgatha. A Hebrew word, meaning a skull. From its Latin equivalent, calvaria, comes our English word Calvary, which occurs in the English New Testament only in Luke, where it should be translated a skull (Lu 23:33). The name was due, either to a rounded rock like a skull, or to the fact that it was a place of execution and that skulls were lying there. The locality is not certainly known. Wesley's Notes 27:33 A place called Golgotha, that is, the place of a skull - Golgotha in Syriac signifies a skull or head: it was probably called so from this time; being an eminence upon Mount Calvary, not far from the king's gardens. Mark 15:22; Luke 23:33; John 19:17 Scofield Reference Notes [1] And when The Order of Events at the Crucifixion The order of events at the crucifixion: (1) the arrival at Golgotha Mt 27:33 Mk 15:22 Lk 23:33 Jn 19:17 (2) the offer of the stupefying drink refused Mt 27:34 Mk 15:23 (3) Jesus is crucified between two thieves Mt 27:35-38 Mk 15:24-28 Lk 23:33-38 Jn 19:18-24 (4) He utters the first cry from the cross, "Father, forgive," etc. Lk 23:34. (5) The soldiers part His garments Mt 27:35 Mk 15:24 Lk 23:34 Jn 19:23 (6) The Jews mock Jesus Mt 27:39-44 Mk 15:29-32 Lk 23:35-38 (7) The thieves rail on Him, but one repents and believes Mt 27:44 Mk 15:32 Lk 23:39-43. (8) The second cry from the cross, "To-day shalt thou be with me," etc. Lk 23:43. (9) The third cry, "Woman, behold thy son" Jn 19:26,27. (10) The darkness Mt 27:45 Mk 15:33 Lk 23:44. (11) The fourth cry, "My God," etc. Mt 27:46,47 Mk 15:34-36 (12) The fifth cry, "I thirst" Jn 19:28. (13) The sixth cry, "It is finished" Jn 19:30. (14) The seventh cry, "Father, into thy hands," etc. Lk 23:46. (15) Our Lord dismisses his spirit Mt 27:50 Mk 15:37 Lk 23:46 Jn 19:30. See Scofield Note: "Mt 26:57" Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 27:31-34 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 ready, O Lord, to bear the cross thou hast appointed us, and daily to take it up with cheerfulness, following thee. Was ever sorrow like unto his sorrow? And when we behold what manner of death he died, let us in that behold with what manner of love he loved us. As if death, so painful a death, were not enough, they added to its bitterness and terror in several ways. | 
