John 19:17

“And he bearing his cross, etc.] Which was usual for malefactors to do, as Lipsius f712 shows out of Artemidorus, and Plutarch; the former says, “the cross is like to death, and he that is to be fixed to it, first bears it;” and the latter says, “and everyone of the malefactors that are punished in body, “carries out his own cross”.” So Christ, when he first went out to be crucified, carried his cross himself, until the Jews, meeting with Simon the Cyrenian, obliged him to bear it after him; that is, one part of it; for still Christ continued to bear a part himself: of this Isaac was a type, in carrying the wood on his shoulders for the burnt offering; and this showed that Christ was made…”

“CRUCIFIXION AND DEATH OF THE LORD JESUS. (Joh 19:17-30) And he bearing his cross--(See on Luk 23:26). went forth--Compare Heb 13:11-13, "without the camp"; "without the gate." On arriving at the place, "they gave Him vinegar to drink mingled with gall [wine mingled with myrrh, Mar 15:23], and when He had tasted thereof, He would not drink" (Mat 27:34). This potion was stupefying, and given to criminals just before execution, to deaden the sense of pain. Fill high the bowl, and spice it well, and pour The dews oblivious: for the Cross is sharp, The Cross is sharp, and He Is tenderer than a lamb. KEBLE. But our Lord would die with every faculty clear, and in full sensibility to all His…”

“See the notes at Matthew 27:32-37. John 19:22 What I have written ... - This declaration implied that he would make no change. He was impatient, and weary of their solicitations. He had yielded to them contrary to the convictions of his own conscience, and he now declared his purpose to yield no further. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Bearing his cross - Not the whole cross, (for that was too large and heavy,) but the transverse beam of it, to which his hands were afterward fastened. This they used to make the person to be executed carry. Mat 27:31; Mar 15:20; Luk 23:26. John 19:19”

“19:17 The vertical beam (Latin staticulum) of the cross was generally kept at the crucifixion site, and the victim was forced to carry only the heavy crossbeam (Latin patibulum). • Crucifixions were public executions that took place near major roadways. They were designed to shock and warn the people. • Place of the Skull (Hebrew and Aramaic Golgotha; Latin calvariae, “Calvary”): Most archaeologists agree that Jesus’ crucifixion was at the site of the present-day Church of the Holy Sepulchre, located in the Christian Quarter of the old walled city of Jerusalem. An alternate site, Gordon’s Calvary (north of the Damascus Gate), provides a model of what the scene possibly looked like, but it…”

“he: Mat 10:38, Mat 16:24, Mat 27:31-33; Mar 8:34, Mar 10:21, Mar 15:21, Mar 15:22; Luk 9:23, Luk 14:27; Luk 23:26, Luk 23:33 went: Lev 16:21, Lev 16:22, Lev 24:14; Num 15:35, Num 15:36; Kg1 21:13; Luk 23:33; Act 7:58; Heb 13:11-13 Golgotha: Golgotha, of which Κρανιον \[Strong's G2898\] and Calvaria are merely translations, is supposed to have been a hill, or a rising on a greater hill, on the north-west of Jerusalem. Mat 27:33, Mat 27:34; Mar 15:21, Mar 15:22; Luk 23:33 John 19:18”