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 when they were come to a place called Golgotha (which is called the place of a skull),

And they convey him to a place called Golgotha, which is being interpreted, The place of a skull.

And when they came to a place called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, the one on the right hand, and the other on the left.

And carrying his cross he went forth to a place called the Place of a Skull, which in the Hebrew is termed Golgotha:


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