Passage

Matthew 27.32

Book: Matthew · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"30. And they spat upon him, and took the reed and smote him on the head. 31. And when they had mocked him, they took off from him the robe, and put on him his garments, and led him away to crucify him."

"32. And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to go with them, that he might bear his cross."

"33. And they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, The place of a skull, 34. they gave him wine to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted it, he would not drink." (Matthew 27:30-34, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"30. They spat on him, and took the reed and struck him on the head. 31. When they had mocked him, they took the robe off of him, and put his clothes on him, and led him away to crucify him."

"32. As they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, and they compelled him to go with them, that he might carry his cross."

"33. When they came to a place called “Golgotha”, that is to say, “The place of a skull,” 34. they gave him sour wine to drink mixed with gall. When he had tasted it, he would not drink." (Matthew 27:30-34, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"30. And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head. 31. And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him."

"32. And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross."

"33. And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, 34. They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink." (Matthew 27:30-34, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"30. And having spit on him, they took the reed, and were smiting on his head; 31. and when they had mocked him, they took off from him the cloak, and put on him his own garments, and led him away to crucify [him]."

"32. And coming forth, they found a man, a Cyrenian, by name Simon: him they impressed that he might bear his cross;"

"33. and having come to a place called Golgotha, that is called Place of a Skull, 34. they gave him to drink vinegar mixed with gall, and having tasted, he would not drink." (Matthew 27:30-34, YLT)

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Quoted in

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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