33 When they came to the place that is called The Skull, they crucified him there with the criminals, one on the right and the other on the left.
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The place - called Calvary - See on Matthew 27:33 (note).
They crucified him - See the nature of this punishment explained Matthew 27:35 (note).
(9) 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.
(9) Christ became accursed for us upon the cross, suffering the punishment which the ones who would belong to God deserved.
And when they were come to the place which was called Calvary,.... Or Cranion, which signifies a skull; so called from the skulls of persons that lay about, who were executed. It is a tradition of the ancients (y), that Adam was buried in this place where Christ was crucified, and that his skull lay here. It was usual to crucify on high places, and on mountains, such an one as this was (z):
there they crucified him, and the malefactors; the two thieves;
one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and so fulfilled the prophecy in Isaiah 53:12.
(y) Cyprian de Resurrectione Christi, p. 479. Hieron. Tom. 1. fol. 42. Bar Bahluli apud Castell. Lex. Polyglott. col. 3466. (z) Lipsius de Cruce, l. 3. c. 13.
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