Mark 15:22 They brought Jesus to a place called Golgotha, which means The Place of the Skull.

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New International Version
They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which means “the place of the skull”).

New Living Translation
And they brought Jesus to a place called Golgotha (which means “Place of the Skull”).

English Standard Version
And they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull).

Berean Standard Bible
They brought Jesus to a place called Golgotha, which means The Place of the Skull.

Berean Literal Bible
And they bring Him to a place, Golgotha, which is translated, Place of a Skull.

King James Bible
And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull.

New King James Version
And they brought Him to the place Golgotha, which is translated, Place of a Skull.

New American Standard Bible
Then they brought Him to the place Golgotha, which is translated, Place of a Skull.

NASB 1995
Then they brought Him to the place Golgotha, which is translated, Place of a Skull.

NASB 1977
And they brought Him to the place Golgotha, which is translated, Place of a Skull.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then they brought Him to the place Golgotha, which is translated, Place of a Skull.

Amplified Bible
Then they brought Him to the place [called] Golgotha, which is translated, Place of a Skull.

Christian Standard Bible
They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of the Skull ).

Holman Christian Standard Bible
And they brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which means Skull Place).

American Standard Version
And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull.

Contemporary English Version
The soldiers took Jesus to Golgotha, which means "Place of a Skull."

English Revised Version
And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They took Jesus to Golgotha (which means "the place of the skull").

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

International Standard Version
They took Jesus to a place called Golgotha, which means Skull Place.

Majority Standard Bible
They brought Jesus to a place called Golgotha, which means The Place of the Skull.

NET Bible
They brought Jesus to a place called Golgotha (which is translated, "Place of the Skull").

New Heart English Bible
And they brought him to the place called Golgotha, which is translated, "The place of a skull."

Webster's Bible Translation
And they bring him to the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull.

Weymouth New Testament
So they brought Him to the place called Golgotha, which, being translated, means 'Skull-ground.'

World English Bible
They brought him to the place called Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, “The place of a skull.”

Literal Translations

Literal Standard Version
and they bring Him to the place [called] Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, “Place of [the] Skull”;

Berean Literal Bible
And they bring Him to a place, Golgotha, which is translated, Place of a Skull.

Young's Literal Translation
and they bring him to the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, 'Place of a skull;'

Smith's Literal Translation
And they bring him to the place Golgotha, which is, interpreted, The place of a skull.

Catholic Translations

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they bring him into the place called Golgotha, which being interpreted is, The place of Calvary.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And they led him through to the place called Golgotha, which means, ‘the Place of Calvary.’

New American Bible
They brought him to the place of Golgotha (which is translated Place of the Skull).

New Revised Standard Version
Then they brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which means the place of a skull).

Translations from Aramaic

Lamsa Bible
And they brought him to Golgotha, a place which is interpreted The Skull.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And they brought him to the place Gagultha, which is interpreted, “The Skull.”

NT Translations

Anderson New Testament
And they brought him to the place Golgotha, which is, when translated, the place of a skull.

Godbey New Testament
And they lead Him to Golgotha, a place which is interpreted, The place of a skull.

Haweis New Testament
And they convey him to a place called Golgotha, which is being interpreted, The place of a skull.

Mace New Testament
so they brought him to a place called Golgotha, that is, the place of a skull.

Weymouth New Testament
So they brought Him to the place called Golgotha, which, being translated, means 'Skull-ground.'

Worrell New Testament
And they bring Him to the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, "The place of a skull."

Worsley New Testament
and they brought Him to a place called Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, the place of a scull.

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Audio Bible

Context

The Crucifixion
21Now 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. 22 They brought Jesus to a place called Golgotha, which means The Place of the Skull. 23There they offered Him wine mixed with myrrh, but He did not take it.…

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Cross References

Matthew 27:33
And when they came to a place called Golgotha, which means The Place of the Skull,

Luke 23:33
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.

John 19:17
Carrying His own cross, He went out to The Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha.

Psalm 22:1
For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Doe of the Dawn.” A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?

Isaiah 53:12
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.

Hebrews 13:12
And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood.

John 3:14
Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

Galatians 3:13
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”

1 Peter 2:24
He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”

Psalm 69:21
They poisoned my food with gall and gave me vinegar to quench my thirst.

Isaiah 53:4-5
Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. / But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.

John 12:32-33
And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw everyone to Myself.” / He said this to indicate the kind of death He was going to die.

Acts 2:23
He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.

Romans 5:8
But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

2 Corinthians 5:21
God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.

Treasury of Scripture

And they bring him to the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull.

Golgotha.

Matthew 27:33
And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,

Luke 23:27-33
And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him…

Calvary.

John 19:17
And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:

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Mark 15

1. Jesus brought bound, and accused before Pilate.
6. Upon the clamor of the people, the murderer Barabbas is released,
12. and Jesus delivered up to be crucified.
16. He is crowned with thorns, spit on, and mocked;
21. faints in bearing his cross;
27. hangs between two thieves;
29. suffers the triumphing reproaches of the crowd;
39. but is confessed by the centurion to be the Son of God;
42. and is honorably buried by Joseph.

Berean Study Bible

They brought Him
This phrase indicates the actions of the Roman soldiers and possibly others who were responsible for leading Jesus to His crucifixion. The Greek verb used here, "φέρω" (pherō), implies carrying or leading with a sense of purpose. This reflects the fulfillment of the divine plan, as Jesus willingly submitted to the path laid out for Him. The act of bringing Jesus to Golgotha is a poignant reminder of His obedience and the fulfillment of prophecy, as He was led like a lamb to the slaughter (Isaiah 53:7).

to the place
The term "place" in Greek is "τόπος" (topos), which can refer to a specific location or a significant site. In the context of the crucifixion, it underscores the historical and geographical reality of the event. This was not a mythical or allegorical occurrence but a real event in a real place, emphasizing the tangible nature of Jesus' sacrifice.

called Golgotha
Golgotha is an Aramaic term, and its use here highlights the cultural and linguistic context of the time. The name itself, meaning "skull," evokes a sense of foreboding and death. Historically, Golgotha was located outside the city walls of Jerusalem, a place of execution. The choice of this location fulfills the typology of the sin offering being taken outside the camp (Leviticus 16:27), symbolizing Jesus bearing the sins of the world outside the holy city.

which means The Place of the Skull
This explanatory phrase provides insight into the meaning of Golgotha. The imagery of a skull is stark and somber, symbolizing death and mortality. It serves as a powerful reminder of the cost of sin and the reality of death that Jesus came to conquer. Theologically, it points to the victory over death that would be achieved through the crucifixion and subsequent resurrection. The Place of the Skull becomes the site of ultimate redemption, where death is defeated by the sacrificial love of Christ.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 22. - And they bring him (φέρουσιν); literally, they bear him. At ver. 20 another word has been used ἐξάγουσιν "they lead him out." It seems as though, when they had reached the gate of the city, they saw symptoms that our Lord was fainting under his burden; and so they pressed Simon into the service, that he might be ready to assist. At first our Lord carried his own cross. Tradition says (Cornelius a Lapide) that the cross was fifteen feet long, the transverse limb being eight feet; and that he so carried it that the upper portion rested on his shoulder, while the foot of the cross trailed on the ground. When they saw that he was breaking down under the weight of the cross, they laid it on Simon, that they might the more quickly reach the place of crucifixion. The place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull. "Golgotha" is a Hebrew, or rather Chaldaic, word, applied to the skull on account of its roundness, that being the idea which lies in the root of the word. The Greek equivalent to the word is Κρανίον; and this is rendered in the Vulgate, Calvaria, a skull, from calva, bald. St. Luke is the only evangelist in whose Gospel (Luke 23:33) this word is rendered "Calvary." In the Revised Version it is rendered "the skull" The place was so called, either from its having been the spot where executions ordinarily took place (though in this case we might have expected to find it called τόπος κρανίων rather than κρανίον); or, more probably, it was derived from the configuration of the place itself, perhaps a round-like mound, or knoll, sufficiently elevated to be seen at a little distance and by a large number. As to the actual site of Golgotha, recent researches seem to have done much to confirm the ancient tradition. The Bordeaux pilgrim, A.D. 333, says, "On the left side of the original Church of the Holy Sepulchre is the hillock (monticulus) Golgotha, where the Lord was crucified. Hence, about a stone's throw distant, is the crypt where his body was deposited." St. Cyril of Jerusalem alludes to the spot frequently, and there was no doubt about it in the time of Eusebius, A.D. 315. Professor Willis says that the rock of Calvary still stands up, some fifteen feet above the pavement. "It appears likely," he says, "that in its original state this rock was part of a little swell of the ground that jutted out from the slope of Sepulchre Street, and probably always formed a somewhat abrupt view on the west and south sides" (see 'Speaker's Commentary' on St. Matthew). Captain Conder (Palestine Exploration Fund, Quarterly Statement July, 1882) thinks that he shall be able to show that the traditional Golgotha is the site of the original temple of Ashtoreth, and that this temple was the Jebusite sanctuary before David took Jerusalem, and round which the sepulchres of the kings were hewn after the worship of Jehovah had consecrated the temple hill.

Parallel Commentaries ...

Greek

They brought
φέρουσιν (pherousin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 5342: To carry, bear, bring; I conduct, lead; perhaps: I make publicly known. A primary verb.

[Jesus]
αὐτὸν (auton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

to
ἐπὶ (epi)
Preposition
Strong's 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at.

a place
τόπον (topon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5117: Apparently a primary word; a spot, i.e. Location; figuratively, condition, opportunity; specially, a scabbard.

[called] Golgotha,
Γολγοθᾶν (Golgothan)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1115: Golgotha, a knoll outside the wall of Jerusalem. Of Chaldee origin; the skull; Golgotha, a knoll near Jerusalem.

which
ὅ (ho)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that.

means
μεθερμηνευόμενον (methermēneuomenon)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3177: To translate (from one language into another), interpret. From meta and hermeneuo; to explain over, i.e. Translate.

[The] Place
τόπος (topos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5117: Apparently a primary word; a spot, i.e. Location; figuratively, condition, opportunity; specially, a scabbard.

of the Skull.
Κρανίου (Kraniou)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 2898: A skull. Diminutive of a derivative of the base of keras; a skull.

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