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Place of the Skull — where Jesus was crucified
JudeaA hill just outside Jerusalem's walls where Romans carried out executions. Jesus was crucified here between two criminals. The name means 'Place of the Skull' in Aramaic. Also called Calvary (from the Latin).
Matthew
The Crucifixion
Golgotha — Place of the Skull — is the execution site outside Jerusalem's walls where Jesus is crucified between two criminals, with his charge posted above his head.
Mark
The Day Everything Went Dark
Golgotha is the execution site outside Jerusalem where Jesus is brought to be crucified, its grim name — Place of a Skull — underscoring the darkness of everything about to happen here.
Luke
The Day Everything Went Dark
Golgotha is the execution site outside Jerusalem where Jesus is crucified alongside two criminals — its name, 'The Skull,' underscores the death that takes place there.
John
It Is Finished
Golgotha, the Place of the Skull, is the execution ground outside Jerusalem where Jesus is crucified — its proximity to the city ensures many passersby can read the trilingual inscription Pilate ordered.
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