And they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull).
We have here the crucifixion of our Lord Jesus. I. The place where he was crucified; it was called Golgotha - the place of a scull: some think, because of the heads of malefactors that were there cut off: it was the common place of execution, as Tyburn, for he was in all respects numbered with the transgressors.
Commenting on Mark 15:22-32
And when they had crucified him,.... Had fastened him to the cross, and reared it up, and he was hanging upon it: they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take. This last clause, "what every man should take", is left out in the Arabic version.
And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull. (4) Christ is led out of the walls of the earthly Jerusalem into a foul place of dead men's carcasses, as a man most unclean, not because of himself, but because of our sins, which were laid upon him, with the result that we, being made clean by...