Luke 23:33

33 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.

Luke 23:33 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 23:33

And when they were come to the place which was called
Calvary
Or Cranion, which signifies a skull; so called from the skulls of persons that lay about, who were executed. It is a tradition of the ancients ^F25, that Adam was buried in this place where Christ was crucified, and that his skull lay here. It was usual to crucify on high places, and on mountains, such an one as this was ^F26:

there they crucified him, and the malefactors;
the two thieves;

one on the right hand, and the other on the left;
and so fulfilled the prophecy in ( Isaiah 53:12 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 Cyprian de Resurrectione Christi, p. 479. Hieron. Tom. 1. fol. 42. Bar Bahluli apud Castell. Lex. Polyglott. col. 3466.
F26 Lipsius de Cruce, l. 3. c. 13.

Luke 23:33 In-Context

31 For yf they do this to a grene tree what shalbe done to the drye?

32 And ther were two evyll doers ledde with him to be slayne.

33 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.

34 Then sayde Iesus: father forgeve them for they woot not what they do. And they parted his rayment and cast loottes.

35 And the people stode and behelde. And the rulers mocked him with thee saying: he holpe other men let him helpe him selfe yf he be Christ the chosen of god.