Matthew 27:33 (WEB)
When they came to a place called “Golgotha”, that is to say, “The place of a skull,”
Fathers and councils · 27
John Damascene
“And once again, the Gospel tells us that, He, having come into the place, said ‘I thirst’: and they gave Him some vinegar mixed with gall, and when He had tasted it He would not drink.” — editor's note: St. Matt. xxvii. 33 and 34; St. John xix. 28 and 29.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Now Korah is equivalent to the word baldness; and we find in the Gospel that our Lord Jesus Christ was crucified in “the place of a skull.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxvii. 33. Calvariæ.
Read the whole comment“Psalm XLVI.” — editor's note: Lat. XLV. [In his exordium the Saint recurs to his favourite idea as follows: “Korah is interpreted ‘Baldness,’ and that our Lord, since in the ‘place of the…
Read the whole comment“Recollect the Gospel, where they crucified the Lord, and ye will find Him crucified in the place of Calvary.” — editor's note: Matt. xxvii. 33.
Read the whole comment“And this belongeth to Christ, who in the Place of a Skull was crucified.” — editor's note: Matt. xxvii. 33.
Read the whole comment“With reason they were shorn when in the place of Calvary He was crucified.” — editor's note: Matt. xxvii. 33.
Read the whole comment“This also is “the understanding of Æman the Israelite:” words occurring at the end of this title. Æman is said to mean, “his brother:” for Christ deigns to make…” — editor's note: Matt. xxvii. 33.
Read the whole comment“Matthew then proceeds in these terms: “And they came unto a place called Golgotha; that is to say, a place of a skull.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxvii. 33.
Read the whole comment“Then He hung on the cross itself at the sixth hour, and yielded up His spirit at the ninth hour.” — editor's note: Matt. xxvii. 23–50
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Glossa OrdinariaCatena Aurea on Matthew
After the Evangelist had narrated what concerned the mocking of Christ, he proceeds to His crucifixion.
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Matthew
This is to be understood to have been done at the end of all when He was led off to crucifixion after Pilate had delivered Him up to the Jews.
Read the whole comment - JeromeCatena Aurea on Matthew
It is to be noted, that when Jesus is scourged and spit upon, He has not on His own garments, but those which He took for our sins; but when He is crucified, and the show of His mockery is completed, then He takes…
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Of the cloak it is mentioned that they took it off Him, but of the crown of thorns the Evangelists have not spoken, so that there are now no longer those ancient thorns of ours, since Jesus has taken them from us…
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
The Lord would not suffer under a roof, or in the Jewish Temple, that you should not suppose that He was offered for that people alone; but without the city, without the walls, that you might know that the sacrifice…
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Let none think that John’s narrative contradicts this place of the Evangelist. John says that the Lord went forth from the praetorium bearing His cross; Matthew tells, that they found a man of Cyrene upon whom they…
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Or, as they went out, they laid hold of Simon, but when they drew near to the place in which they would crucify Him, they laid the cross upon Him that He might bear it. Simon obtained not this office by chance, but…
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Figuratively, the nations take up the cross, and the foreigner by obedience bears the ignominy of the Saviour.
Read the whole comment - Hilary of PoitiersCatena Aurea on Matthew
For a Jew was not worthy to bear Christ’s cross, but it was reserved for the faith of the Gentiles both to take the cross, and to suffer with Him.
Read the whole comment - Remigius of AuxerreCatena Aurea on Matthew
For this Simon was not a man of Jerusalem, but a foreigner, and denizen, being a Cyrenean; Cyrene is a town of Lybia. Simon is interpreted ‘obedient,’ and a Cyrenean ‘an heir;’ whence he well denotes the people of…
Read the whole comment - Gregory the GreatCatena Aurea on Matthew
Or otherwise; By Simon who bears the burden of the Lord’s cross are denoted those who are abstinent and proud; these by their abstinence afflict their flesh, but seek not within the fruit of abstinence. Thus Simon…
Read the whole comment - Rabanus MaurusCatena Aurea on Matthew
“Golgotha” is a Syriac word, and is interpreted Calvary.
Read the whole comment - JeromeCatena Aurea on Matthew
[ed. note, b: He probably refers to an anonymous disputant, of whom he speaks more at length in his Commentary on Ephesians 5, 14; but a tradition to the same effect is mentioned by Origen, whose words, as preserved…
Read the whole comment - Hilary of PoitiersCatena Aurea on Matthew
Such is the place of the cross, set up in the centre of the earth, that it might be equally free to all nations to attain the knowledge of God.
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Matthew
“And they gave him to drink wine mingled with gall.” Mark says, “mingled with myrrh.” [Mark 16:23] Matthew put “gall” to express bitterness, but wine mingled with myrrh is very bitter; though indeed it might be, that…
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The bitter vine makes bitter wine; this they gave the Lord Jesus to drink, that that might be fulfilled which was written, “They gave me also gall for my meat.” [Ps 69:12] And God addresses Jerusalem, “I had planted…
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“And when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.” That Mark says, “But he received it not,” we understand to mean that He would not receive it to drink thereof. For that He tasted it Matthew bears witness; so…
Read the whole comment - Hilary of PoitiersCatena Aurea on Matthew
Or, He therefore refused the “wine mingled with gall, because the bitterness of sin is not mingled with the incorruption of eternal glory.
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Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.14.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.12.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.14.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.14.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.14.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.14.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.14.
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 27:31–34 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.14.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.14.
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 27:31–34 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.14.