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 having come to a place called Golgotha, that is, Place of a Skull,

And they bring him to the place Golgotha; which is, when interpreted, Place of a Skull.

And when they had come to the place which is called the Skull, they there crucified him, and the malefactors; one on the right hand, and the other on the left.

and bearing his own cross, he went forth into the place called Place of a Skull; in Hebrew, Golgotha;


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