Luke 23:33

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“When they came to the place called The Skull, they crucified Him there, along with the criminals, one on His right and the other on His left.”

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BSBPD

“When they came to the place called The Skull, they crucified Him there, along with the criminals, one on His right and the other on His left.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And when they came unto the place which is called The skull, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand and the other on the left.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and when they came to the place that is called Skull, there they crucified him and the evil-doers, one on the right hand and one on the left.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Luke 23:33 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 21:23you must not leave the body on the tree overnight, but you must be sure to bury him that day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must not defile the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
  2. Psalms 22:16For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
  3. Zechariah 12:10Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.
  4. Matthew 20:19and will deliver Him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. And on the third day He will be raised to life.”
  5. Matthew 26:2“You know that the Passover is two days away, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”
  6. Matthew 27:33And when they came to a place called Golgotha, which means The Place of the Skull,
  7. Mark 10:33“Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes. They will condemn Him to death and will deliver Him over to the Gentiles,
  8. Mark 15:22They brought Jesus to a place called Golgotha, which means The Place of the Skull.
  9. Luke 24:7‘The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again.’”
  10. John 3:14Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
  11. John 12:33He said this to indicate the kind of death He was going to die.
  12. John 18:32This was to fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken to indicate the kind of death He was going to die.
  13. John 19:17Carrying His own cross, He went out to The Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha.
  14. Acts 2:23He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.
  15. Acts 5:30The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had killed by hanging Him on a tree.
  16. Acts 13:29When they had carried out all that was written about Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb.
  17. Galatians 3:13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”
  18. Hebrews 13:12And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood.
  19. 1 Peter 2:24He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”

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