SEV Biblia, Chapter 27:33
¶ Y como llegaron al lugar que se llamaba Glgota, que es dicho: El lugar de la calavera,
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Matthew 27:33
Verse 33. A place called Golgotha] From the Hebrew htglg or tlglg , golgoleth, a skull, probably so called from the many skulls of these who had suffered crucifixion and other capital punishments scattered up and down in the place. It is the same as Calvary, Calvaria, i.e. calvi capitis area, the place of bare skulls. Some think the place was thus called, because it was in the form of a human skull. It is likely that it was the place of public execution, similar to the Gemoniae Scalae at Rome.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 33. And when they were come to a place called Golgotha , etc.] The true pronunciation is Golgoltha, and so it is read in Munsters Hebrew Gospel. It is a Syriac word, in which language letters are often left out: in the Syriac version of this place, the first l is left out, and the latter retained, and it is read Gogoltha: and so, in the Persic, Gagulta; and in the Arabic, Gagalut. The Ethiopic version reads it, Golgotha; and so, Dr. Lightfoot observes, it is read by the Samaritan interpreter of the first chapter of Numbers: that is to say, a place of a skull : some say Adams skull was found here, and from thence the place had its name; this is an ancient tradition, but without foundation f1677 : it seems to be so called, because it was the place where malefactors were executed, and afterwards buried; whose bones and skulls in process of time might be dug up, and some of them might lie scattered about in this place: for, one that was executed as a malefactor f1678 , they did not bury him in the sepulchres of his ancestors; but there were two places of burial appointed by the sanhedrim; one for those that were stoned, and for those that were burnt; and another for those that were killed with the sword, and for those that were strangled; and when their flesh was consumed, they gathered the bones, and buried them in their place; i.e. in the sepulchres of their ancestors. This place was as infamous as our Tyburn, and to be crucified at Golgotha, was as ignominious as to be hanged at Tyburn; which shows what shame and disgrace our Lord was brought, and what he condescended to bear on our account.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 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? An 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, wer not enough, they added to its bitterness and terror in several ways.
Greek Textus Receptus
και 2532 CONJ ελθοντες 2064 5631 V-2AAP-NPM εις 1519 PREP τοπον 5117 N-ASM λεγομενον 3004 5746 V-PPP-ASM γολγοθα 1115 N-ASF ος 3739 R-NSM εστιν 2076 5748 V-PXI-3S λεγομενος 3004 5746 V-PPP-NSM κρανιου 2898 N-GSN τοπος 5117 N-NSM
Vincent's NT Word Studies
33. Golgotha. An Aramaic word, Gulgoltha, = the Hebrew, Gulgoleth, and translated skull in Judg. ix. 53; 2 Kings ix. 35. The word Calvary comes through the Latin calvaria, meaning skull, and used in the Vulgate. The New Testament narrative does not mention a mount or hill. The place was probably a rounded elevation. The meaning is not, as Tynd., a place of dead men's skulls, but simply skull.
Robertson's NT Word Studies
27:33 {Golgotha} (golgoqa). Chaldaic or Aramaic _Gulgatha_, Hebrew _Gulgoleth_, place of a skull-shaped mount, not place of skulls. Latin Vulgate _Calvariae locus_, hence our Calvary. Tyndale misunderstood it as a place of dead men's skulls. Calvary or Golgotha is not the traditional place of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, but a place outside of the city, probably what is now called Gordon's Calvary, a hill north of the city wall which from the Mount of Olives looks like a skull, the rock-hewn tombs resembling eyes in one of which Jesus may have been buried.
