Outside the city wall of Jerusalem

Golgotha in the Bible

Also called Calvary

Golgotha, 'the place of a skull', is where Jesus is crucified between two others. Its exact location is debated between the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the Garden Tomb.

Archaeology

The Holy Sepulchre site lay outside the first-century city wall and contains rock-cut tombs of the right period, which is the strongest argument in its favour.

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Verses mentioning Golgotha

3 occurrences across 3 verses in the King James Version.

  1. Matthew 27:33

    And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,

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  2. Mark 15:22

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

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  3. 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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