727. Executions Outside the Walls

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Matthew 27:31. 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.
See also Mark 15:20; Luke 23:26; John 19:16.
Mark says that they led him out. So in the Epistle to the Hebrews it is said that Jesus “suffered without the gate” (Heb. 13:12). Capital punishments among the Jews were executed outside the boundaries of camps or the walls of cities. See Leviticus 24:14; Numbers 15:35-36; 1 Kings 21:13; Acts 7:58. The Romans also observed the same custom, particularly in the crucifixion of malefactors.