Charles Spurgeon Commentary Mark 15:22

Charles Spurgeon Commentary

Mark 15:22

1834–1892
Baptist
Charles Spurgeon
Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon Commentary

Mark 15:22

1834–1892
Baptist
SCRIPTURE

"And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull." — Mark 15:22 (ASV)

Unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull.

We sometimes speak of it as mount Calvary, but it was not so; it was a little rising ground, the common place of execution, the Tyburn or Old Bailey of Jerusalem.

And they bring him-

Here the word almost implies that they lifted him and carried him, for his faintness had increased. They led him out to crucify him, but now they bear him–