Calvary in the Bible

Meaning: the place of a skull

Exact Match

And He was bearing His cross. And He went out into a place called Calvary, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha.

Verse ConceptsCrucifixion, Of ChristBackCalvaryCarrying The CrossSkullsBurying placesThe Crosscrusades

Thematic Bible



And when they came unto the place, which is called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of dead men's skulls,

And they brought him to a place named Golgotha: which is, by interpretation, the place of dead men's skulls.

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

And he bare his cross, and went forth into a place called the place of dead men's skulls: which is named in Hebrew, Golgotha:


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