Luke 23:33
- Luke 23:33
(KJV) 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.
(1611 KJV) And when they were come to the place which is called
Caluarie, there they crucified
him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.
(1587 Geneva Bible) And when they were come to the place, which
is called Caluarie, there they
crucified him, and the euill doers: one at the right hand, and the other at the
left.
(1526 Tyndale) And when they were come to the place which is
called Calvary there they
crucified him and the evyll doers one on ryght honde and the other on the lefte.
1388 Wycliffe) And `aftir that thei camen in to a place, that
is clepid of Caluerie, there
thei crucifieden hym, and the theues, oon on the riyt half, and `the tother on
the left half.
Counterfeit Versions
(1881 RV) And when they came unto the place which is called The skull, there
they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand and the other on
the left.
(1901 ASV) And when they came unto the place which is called The skull, there
they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand and the other on
the left.
(AMP) And when they came to the place which is called The Skull [Latin: Calvary;
Hebrew: Golgotha], there they crucified Him, and [along with] the criminals, one
on the right and one on the left.
(CEB) When they arrived at the place called The Skull, they crucified him, along
with the criminals, one on his right and the other on his left.
(CEV) When the soldiers came to the place called “The Skull,” they nailed Jesus
to a cross. They also nailed the two criminals to crosses, one on each side of
Jesus.
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(CSB) When they arrived at the place called The Skull, they crucified him
there, along with the criminals, one on the right and one on the left.
- (ERV) They were led to a place called “The Skull.” There the soldiers nailed
Jesus to the cross. They also nailed the criminals to crosses beside Jesus—one
on the right and the other on the left.
(ESV) And when they came to the place that is called The Skull, there they
crucified him, and the criminals, one on his right and one on his left.
(GNB) When they came to the place called “The Skull,” they crucified Jesus
there, and the two criminals, one on his right and the other on his left.
(HCSB) When they arrived at the place called The Skull, they crucified Him
there, along with the criminals, one on the right and one on the left.
(LB) Two others, criminals, were led out to be executed with him at a place
called “The Skull.”
(THE MESSAGE) When they got to the place called Skull Hill, they crucified him,
along with the criminals, one on his right, the other on his left.
(NASV) When they came to the place called The Skull, there they crucified Him
and the criminals, one on the right and the other on the left.
(NCV) When they came to a place called the Skull, the soldiers crucified Jesus
and the criminals—one on his right and the other on his left.
(NET) So when they came to the place that is called “The Skull,” they crucified
him there, along with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left.
(NIRV) The soldiers brought them to the place called The Skull. There they
nailed Jesus to the cross. He hung between the two criminals. One was on his
right and one was on his left.
(NIV) When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there,
along with the criminals—one on his right, the other on his left.
(NLV) When they came to a place called The Skull, they nailed him to the cross.
And the criminals were also crucified—one on his right and one on his left.
(NRSV) When they came to the place that is called The Skull, they crucified
Jesus there with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left.
(RSV) And when they came to the place which is called The Skull, there they
crucified him, and the criminals, one on the right and one on the left.
(VOICE) When they came to the place known as “The Skull,” they crucified Jesus
there, in the company of criminals, one to the right of Jesus and the other to
His left.
(2011 NAB-Roman Catholic) When they came to the place called the Skull, they
crucified him and the criminals there, one on his right, the other on his left.
(NWT-Jehovah’s Witnesses) And when they got to the place called Skull, they
nailed him to the stake there alongside the criminals, one on his right and one
on his left
Textus Receptus - Traditional Text
και οτε απηλθον επι τον τοπον τον καλουμενον
κρανιον εκει εσταυρωσαν αυτον και τους κακουργους ον μεν εκ
δεξιων ον δε εξ αριστερων
Hort-Westcott - Critical Text
και οτε ηλθον επι τον τοπον τον καλουμενον
κρανιον εκει εσταυρωσαν αυτον και τους κακουργους ον μεν εκ
δεξιων ον δε εξ αριστερων
Corrupted Manuscripts
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Affected Teaching
The word “kranion” in the Greek can be translated as skull. It is translated
that way in:
Matthew 27:33 (KJV) And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that
is to say, a place of a skull,
Mark 15:22 (KJV) And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being
interpreted, The place of a skull.
John 19:17 (KJV) And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the
place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:
These three usages of “kranion” are in the Genitive case (kraniou) which is the
case of possession. In other words, the place where they crucified Jesus was a
place where other executions have taken place and that is why it would be in the
possessive case. However, when we come to the book of Luke, we see that the word
“Calvary” is used. In Luke 23:33, the word “kranion” is in the Nominative Case.
The nominative case points to the subject. This why the KJV translators used
“Calvary” instead of “skull.” Calvary is the subject and the focus of the verse.
Calvary comes from the Latin and has been used as far back as Wycliffe’s 1388
Bible which makes it 626 years that the book of Luke was pointing to Calvary.
The Roman name for the place was called “Calvarius” which is Latin for skull.
Calvary has come to be identified more with the crucifixion of Christ than
“skull.”
The name “Calvary” has become part of the Christian language as many hymns which
we sing speaks of Calvary:
At Calvary - William Newell and Daniel Towner
Calvary Covers it All - Mrs. Walter Taylor
I believe in a hill called Mt. Calvary - Bill & Gloria Gaither, Dale Oldham
Arise my Soul Arise (3rd Stanza) - Charles Wesley
Jesus has loved me (2nd stanza) - J.W. MacGill
Hallelujah to the Lamb (Chorus) - Isaac Watts
In my Heart there rings a Melody (2nd Stanza) - Elton M. Roth
I will sing the Wondrous Story (1st Stanza) - Francis Rowley
Singing I go - (1st Stanza) - Eliza Hewitt
My Jesus I love thee (2nd Stanza) - William Featherston
Remember it is not the place of the skull that we focus on, as the modern
versions do, it is what took place on that hill to warrant the name Calvary.
These ten classic hymns are the tip of the iceberg. We sing about Calvary
because Christ was crucified on Calvary, we don’t sing about the place itself.
Take these hymns and replace “Calvary” with skull and see if they make sense. I
trow not. The modern versions obliterate "Calvary."
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