Just outside the city gates, beside the main road, was a little conical eminence, which from its resemblance to a skull was called in Aramaic, Golgotha, and in Latin, Calvary. As we speak of the brow of a hill, they called the bald eminence a skull. The three languages in which the inscription was written stand for religion, government, and science. Note that every one of us is unconsciously writing his verdict about Jesus Christ; and when once it is written, there is no altering it. We may be forgiven, but the past cannot be obliterated.
The clothes of the crucified were the perquisite of the soldiers. But Christ's were so poor that they were not worth keeping entire, except the inner tunic, the gift of someone's-it may well have been His mother's-love. What a contrast! Above, the consummate evidence of love working out the plan of eternity; below, the appeal of ignorance and brutality to chance. [source]
Chapter Summary: John 19
1Jesus is scourged, crowned with thorns, and beaten 4Pilate is desirous to release him, 15but being overcome with the outrage of the crowd, he delivers him to be crucified 23They cast lots for his garments 25He commends his mother to John 28He dies 31His side is pierced 38He is buried by Joseph and Nicodemus
Greek Commentary for John 19:22
What I have written I have written [ο γεγραπα γεγραπα] With emphasis on the permanence of the accusation on the board. Pilate has a sudden spirit of stubbornness in this detail to the surprise of the chief priests. Technically he was correct, for he had condemned Jesus on this charge made by the chief priests. [source]
Greek Commentary for John 19:22
With emphasis on the permanence of the accusation on the board. Pilate has a sudden spirit of stubbornness in this detail to the surprise of the chief priests. Technically he was correct, for he had condemned Jesus on this charge made by the chief priests. [source]