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 unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,

And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull.

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

And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:


References

Hastings

Easton

American

Fausets

Morish

Smith

Watsons

King James Version Public Domain