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 had come to a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,

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

And when they had 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:


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