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 came unto the place, which is called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of dead men's skulls,

And they brought him to a place named Golgotha: which is, by interpretation, the place of dead men's skulls.

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

And he bare his cross, and went forth into a place called the place of dead men's skulls: which is named in Hebrew, Golgotha:


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