Golgotha or Calvary

Hill of Calvary

Golgotha "Place of the skull" was located outside the second wall. The actual site of the Cross is still under discussion. CAL'VARY (Grk. kranion, a "skull," but having its English form from the translators' having literally adopted the Lat. word calvaria, a bare "skull"; the Gk. is the interpretation of the Heb. Golgotha, which see; the word o...

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Mount Calvary or Golgotha

Mount Calvary (Golgotha) was located near the Damascus Gate on the north side of the city. According to Catholic tradition Jesus was crucified at the site now called the Church of the Holy Sepulchre but recent investigations have confirmed the former view....

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