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They came to a place called "Golgotha," that is to say, "The place of a skull."
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The Place of a Skull
Commentators explain that "Golgotha" (Aramaic) and "Calvary" (Latin) both mean "the place of a skull." While scholars debate whether it was named for its skull-like shape or because it was a site of executions, the name itself powerfully evokes death, judgment, and finality, setting the scene for Christ's crucifixion.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Golgotha. This is the Hebrew word signifying the place of a skull. This is the word which in Luke is called Calvary. In Luke's or…
Golgotha (Γολγοθα). Chaldaic or Aramaic Gulgatha, Hebrew Gulgoleth, place of a skull-shaped mount, not place of skul…
19th Century
Anglican
A place called Golgotha — The other Gospels give the name with the definite article, as if it were a well-known locality. However,…
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Baptist
And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, they gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and…
On “Golgotha,” see comment on Mk 15:22. Mark says they offered Jesus wine mingled with myrrh, and he refused it; Matthew, that they offered him win…
16th Century
Protestant
And they came to the place. Jesus was brought to the place where it was customary to execute criminals, that his death might be m…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And when they were come to a place called Golgotha The true pronunciation is "Golgoltha", and so it is read in Munst…
Christ was led as a Lamb to the slaughter, as a Sacrifice to the altar. Even the mercies of the wicked are really cruel. Taking the cross from him,…
13th Century
Catholic
After relating His condemnation, His Passion and death are treated here; and secondly, His burial is treated, where it is said, And whe…
