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



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

and they bring him to the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, 'Place of a skull;'

and when they came to the place that is called Skull, there they crucified him and the evil-doers, one on the right hand and one on the left.

and bearing his cross, he went forth to the place called Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew Golgotha;


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