Matthew 27:33 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

unto. Greek. eis. App-104. Not the same word as in verses: Matthew 27:19; Matthew 27:27; Matthew 27:45, Mat 19:62.

Golgotha. An Aramaic word, from the Hebrew Gulgoleth (see App-94.Judges 9:53; Judges 9:53; 2 Kings 9:35). Nothing is said about. "green hill". But an elevation, which we speak of as being. "head", "shoulder", or "neck". The Latin is calvaria. a skull. Hence Eng. Calvary.

Matthew 27:33

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