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Luke 23:33

Skull
The cross and atonement

31 For if men do these things while the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”

32 Two others, who were criminals, were also led away to be executed with Jesus.

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.

34 Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up His garments by casting lots.

35 The people stood watching, and the rulers sneered at Him, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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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.
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.
WEB
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.
ASV
And when they came unto the place which is called The skull, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand and the other on the left.
DARBY
And when they came to the place which is called Skull, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, the other on the left.
BLB
And when they came to the place called The Skull, there they crucified Him, and the criminals, one on the right hand and one on the left hand.
ÅB
Og da de var kommet til det sted som kalles Hodeskallen, korsfestet de der både ham og ugjerningsmennene, den ene på hans høyre og den andre på hans venstre side.
OTB
Da de kom til stedet som kalles Hodeskallen, korsfestet de ham der sammen med forbryterne—en på hans høyre side og en på hans venstre.
B1930
Og da de var kommet til det sted som kalles Hodeskallen, korsfestet de der både ham og ugjerningsmennene, den ene på hans høire og den andre på hans venstre side.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Mark 15:22–23

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

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  • John 19:17–18

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

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  • Zechariah 12:10

    Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.

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  • Matthew 27:33–34

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

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  • Deuteronomy 21:23

    you must not leave the body on the tree overnight, but you must be sure to bury him that day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must not defile the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.

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  • 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.”

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  • John 18:32

    This was to fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken to indicate the kind of death He was going to die.

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  • Mark 10:33–34

    “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes. They will condemn Him to death and will deliver Him over to the Gentiles,

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