Golgotha

Hill

Location disputed

Where Scholars Place It

  • Church of the Holy Sepulchre Possible
  • Taylor Golgotha Less likely

Golgotha in the Bible Dictionary · Jerusalem in the Days of Jesus

Named in 4 Verses

  • Matthew 27:33 And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,
  • Mark 15:22 And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull.
  • Luke 23:33 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.
  • John 19:17 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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