Calvary

– Mount on whose top Jesus was crucified, also called place of the Skull or Skull, in Aramaic Golgotha:

Mt 27:33 : They arrived at the place called Golgotha, that is, the place of the skull.

Mk 15:22 : They led Jesus to the place called Golgotha, which means place of the skull.

Luke 23:33 : When they arrived at the place called Calvary, they crucified him there.

Jo 19,17 : He himself carried his cross out of the city, towards the place called Calvary.

– See GOLGOTHA.

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