"Golgotha" redirects here. For other uses, see Golgotha . For other uses of the term "Calvary" and "Mount Calvary," see Calvary and Mount Calvary .
]]'Calvary (Golgotha) is the English-language name given to the site, outside of Ancient Jerusalem?s early 1st century walls, of Jesus? crucifixion. The exact location is handed down from antiquity. Although the significance of the name is lost to modernity, Calvariae Locus in Latin, ??????? ????? (Kraniou Topos) in Greek, and Gûlgaltâ in Aramaic all denote 'place of [1] skull.' In some Christian and Jewish traditions, the name refers to the location of the skull of Adam. Mount Calvary, article from the Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume III. New York: Robert Appleton Company (1908) The word "Calvary" comes from "Calvariae" in the Latin Vulgate Latin Vulgate, Luke 23:33.
Calvary in the Bible
Although usage since the sixth century has been to designate Calvary as a mountain, the Gospels call it merely a "place." Calvary is mentioned in all
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