Calvary is the place
where Jesus was crucified.
And when they were come
unto a place called Golgotha,
that is to say, a place of a skull.
There they crucified him.
Calvary is the English name for the place outside Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified. The Gospels call it Golgotha, which means the place of a skull. Luke uses the name Calvary. It was near the city, outside the gate, where criminals were executed. There Jesus bore the sins of the world on the cross. The crucifixion of Jesus and the death of Jesus took place at Calvary.
- Golgotha is the Aramaic name. Calvary comes from the Latin calvaria, meaning skull.
- It was outside the city, the place of execution.
- Jesus was crucified there between two thieves.
- The place is remembered because of what happened there, not because of the hill itself.
Calvary is the place of the skull. There the Savior died for sinners.
They were come unto a place called Golgotha,
that is to say, a place of a skull.
There they crucified him.
And when they were come to the place,
which is called Calvary.
- Matthew, Mark, and John call the place Golgotha, the place of a skull.
- Luke 23:33 calls it Calvary.
- It was outside Jerusalem, near the city.
- Jesus was crucified there, and the inscription was set over His head.
- The name is tied forever to the cross and the death of Jesus.
- The Name – Golgotha (Aramaic), Calvary (Latin/English), the place of a skull.
- The Location – Outside Jerusalem, the place of execution.
- The Event – The crucifixion of Jesus.
- The Meaning – The place where the Savior died for the sins of the world.
- The Memory – Remembered because of the cross, not the hill.
- 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 19:17-18 – “And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst.”
- Hebrews 13:12 – “Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.”
And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull.
And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him.
Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.
Calvary is the place outside Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified. Golgotha is the place of a skull. There the Savior died for sinners.
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