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  • John 19:17
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 17 Bearing the torture stake* for himself, he went out to the so-called Skull Place,+ which is called Golʹgo·tha in Hebrew.+

  • John 19:17
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 17 καὶ and βαστάζων carrying αὑτῷ to himself τὸν the σταυρὸν stake ἐξῆλθεν he went out εἰς into τὸν the λεγόμενον being said Κρανίου Of Skull Τόπον, Place, ὃ which λέγεται is being said ᾿Εβραϊστὶ in Hebrew Γολγοθά, Golgotha,

  • John 19:17
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 17 And, bearing the torture stake* for himself,+ he went out+ to the so-called Skull Place,* which is called Golʹgo·tha* in Hebrew;+

  • John 19:17
    The Bible in Living English
    • 17 and, carrying the cross for himself, he went out to the so-called Skull-Place, of which name the Hebrew is Golgotha,

  • John 19:17
    American Standard Version
    • 17 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:

  • John 19:17
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 17 And bearing for himself the cross he went forth unto the so-called Skull-place, which is named in Hebrew Golgotha;

  • John 19:17
    King James Version
    • 17 And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:

  • John
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025
    • 19:17 ijwbq article 63; jy 296; w92 7/15 6; gt chapter 124; gm 96

  • John
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 19:17 w77 719; g74 9/22 27-28; g65 3/22 27; w48 236

  • John
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 19:17

      Bible Questions Answered, article 63

      Jesus—The Way, pp. 296-297

      The Watchtower,

      7/15/1992, p. 6

      God’s Word, p. 96

  • John Study Notes—Chapter 19
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 19:17

      Bearing the torture stake for himself: According to John’s account, Jesus carried his own torture stake. However, the other Gospel accounts (Mt 27:32; Mr 15:21; Lu 23:26) say that Simon of Cyrene was compelled into service to carry the stake to the place of execution. John’s account is sometimes condensed, and often he does not repeat what was mentioned in the other Gospels. So John did not add the detail that Simon was compelled to carry the stake.

      torture stake: See study note on Mt 27:32.

      Skull Place: The Greek expression Kra·niʹou Toʹpon renders the Hebrew name Golgotha. (See study note on Golgotha in this verse. For a discussion of the term Hebrew, as used in the Christian Greek Scriptures, see study note on Joh 5:2.) The term “Calvary” is used at Lu 23:33 in some English Bible translations. It comes from the Latin word calvaria (skull) used in the Vulgate.

      Golgotha: From a Hebrew word meaning “skull.” (Compare Jg 9:53; 2Ki 9:35; 1Ch 10:10, where the Hebrew word gul·goʹleth is rendered “skull.”) In Jesus’ day, the site was outside the city walls of Jerusalem. Although the exact location is uncertain, the vicinity of the traditional site where the Church of the Holy Sepulchre now stands is thought by some to be a reasonable possibility. (See App. B12.) The Bible record does not state that Golgotha was on a hill, though it does mention that some observed the execution from a distance.​—Mr 15:40; Lu 23:49.

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