John 19:17 BSB — MannaFest

John 19:17

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

They took Jesus therefore: and he went out, bearing the cross for himself, unto the place called The place of a skull, which is called in Hebrew Golgotha:

KJV

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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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (420)

(super Matt. c. xxvii.) An apt connection, and smooth to the ear, but not true. For the place where they cut off the heads of men condemned to death, called in consequence Calvary, was outside the city gates, whereas we read in the book of Jesus the son of Nave, that Adam was buried by Hebron and Arbah.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Bearing his cross - Not the whole cross, (for that was too large and heavy,) but the transverse beam of it, to which his hands were afterward fastened.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Now Christ's carrying his cross may be considered, (1.) As a part of his sufferings; he endured the cross literally. It was a long and thick piece of timber that was necessary for such a use, and some think it was neither seasoned nor hewn.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Bearing his cross - He bore it all alone first; when he could no longer carry the whole through weakness, occasioned by the ill usage he had received, Simon, a Cyrenian, helped him to carry it: see the note on Mat 27:32. Golgotha - See on Mat 27:33 (note).

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
βαστάζων	bastazōn	bearing	G941 →
ἑαυτῷ	he'autō	His own	G1438 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
σταυρὸν	stauron	cross	G4716 →
ἐξῆλθεν	exēlthen	He went out	G1831 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
τὸν	ton	the [place]	G3588 →
λεγόμενον	legomenon	being named	G3004 →
κρανίου	kraniou	of the Skull	G2898 →
τόπον,	topon	Place,	G5117 →
ὃ	ho	which	G3739 →
λέγεται	legetai	is named	G3004 →
Ἑβραϊστὶ	Hebraisti	in Hebrew	G1447 →
Γολγοθα,	Golgotha	Golgotha,	G1115 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Luke 14:27
And whoever does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple.
leads to
- Matthew 10:38
  and anyone who does not take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me.
- Luke 9:23–25
  Then Jesus said to all of them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me.
- Mark 10:21
  Jesus looked at him, loved him, and said to him, “There is one thing you lack: Go, sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then…
- Matthew 16:24–26
  Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.
- Mark 8:34–37
  Then Jesus called the crowd to Him along with His disciples, and He told them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.
Through
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.
leads to
- Mark 15:22–23
  They brought Jesus to a place called Golgotha, which means The Place of the Skull.
Through
Acts 7:58
They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
leads to
- Acts 22:20
  And when the blood of Your witness Stephen was shed, I stood there giving my approval and watching over the garments of those who killed him.’
Through
Luke 23:26
As the soldiers led Him away, they seized Simon of Cyrene on his way in from the country, and put the cross on him to carry behind Jesus.
leads to
- Matthew 27:32–44
  Along the way they found a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross of Jesus.

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