Calvary in the Bible

Meaning: the place of a skull

Exact Match

So, they took Jesus [away] and He went out [of the city] carrying the cross by Himself to a place called "The Place of the Skull," [also] called "Golgotha" in the Hebrew language [and "Calvary" in Latin].

Verse ConceptsCrucifixion, Of ChristBackCalvaryCarrying The CrossSkullsBurying placesThe Crosscrusades

Thematic Bible



Golgotha, the Place of the Skull, was to be his final destination.

They brought him to the place called Golgotha. This means the place of a skull.

They came to the place called the skull. They impaled him and the criminals, one on the right hand and the other on the left.

They took Jesus bearing his own stake to the place called the place of a skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha.


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Easton

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