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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:

KJV

καὶ βαστάζων ἑαυτῷ τὸν σταυρὸν ἐξῆλθεν εἰς τὸν λεγόμενον Κρανίου τόπον, ὃ λέγεται Ἑβραϊστὶ Γολγοθᾶ,

Greek NT

Et bajulans sibi crucem exivit in eum, qui dicitur Calvariæ locum, hebraice autem Golgotha :

Vulgate

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:

ASV

And bearing his own cross, he went forth to the place which is called Calvary, but in Hebrew Golgotha.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Γολγοθᾶ
golgotha
noun · 3×
βαστάζω
bastazo
verb · 27×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κρανίον
kranion
noun · 4×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
σταυρός
stauros
noun · 27×
τόπος
topos
noun · 95×
ἐξέρχομαι
exerchomai
verb · 221×
ἑαυτοῦ
eautou
reflexive_pronoun · 316×
Ἑβραϊστί
ebraisti
adverb · 7×
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×

Textual variants

3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: αὑτῷ τὸν σταυρὸν | WH/Treg: αὑτῷ τὸν σταυρὸν | NIV: ἑαυτῷ τὸν σταυρὸν | RP: τὸν σταυρὸν αὐτοῦ
  • αὑτῷ τὸν σταυρὸνSBLGNT
  • αὑτῷ τὸν σταυρὸνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles
  • ἑαυτῷ τὸν σταυρὸνReader's GNT (NA27)
  • τὸν σταυρὸν αὐτοῦRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: τὸν | WH/Treg/NIV: τὸν | RP: τόπον
  • τὸνSBLGNT
  • τὸνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • τόπονRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ὃ | WH/Treg/NIV: ὃ | RP: ὅς
  • SBLGNT
  • Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ὅςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

1. Concerning Those Who Asked Him to Show Them a Sign from Heaven. And the Sadducees and Pharisees came, and tempting Him kept asking Him to show them a sign from heaven. Matthew 16:1 The Sadducees and Pharisees who disagreed with each other in regard to the most essential truths, — for the Pharisees champion the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead, hoping that there will …

Cross-references

  • Acts 7:58 — And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Saul.
  • Gen 22:6 — And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.
  • Heb 13:11 — For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp.
  • Heb 13:12 — Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.
  • John 12:32 — And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
  • Luke 14:27 — And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
  • Luke 14:27 — And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
  • Luke 23:26 — And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.
  • Luke 23:33 — 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.
  • Luke 23:33 — 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.
  • Mark 8:34 — And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
  • Mark 15:22 — And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull.
  • Mark 15:32 — Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled him.
  • Matt 10:38 — And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
  • Matt 16:24 — Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
  • Matt 27:32 — And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.
  • Matt 27:33 — And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,