GOLGOTHA

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• Golgotha – the place just outside Jerusalem’s walls where the Romans executed criminals by crucifixion (Roman citizens were exempt from this form of execution); it means “The Skull” or “Place of the Skull” (Mark 15:22; John 19:17); this place is sometimes called Calvary because, while the word “Golgotha” comes to English directly from Hebrew, the word “Calvary” comes to English from Hebrew through Latin (“Calvariae Locus”)
• the place just outside Jerusalem’s walls where the Romans executed criminals by crucifixion (Roman citizens were exempt from this form of execution)
• it means “The Skull” or “Place of a Skull” – Mt 27:33; Mk 15:22; Jn 19:17
• aka Calvary – this place has sometimes been called Calvary because, while the word “Golgotha” comes to English directly from Hebrew, the word “Calvary” comes to English from Hebrew through Latin (“Calvariae Locus” means “place of the skull”) and appears once in the KJV (see below)
• Underlying words involved:
  • GOLGOTHA – Strong’s Greek 1115 – of Hebrew origin, meaning skull or place of a skull – Mt 27:33; Mk 15:22; Jn 19:17
  • KRANION – Strong’s Greek 2898 – meaning skull – Mt 27:33; Mk 15:22; Lk 23:33; Jn 19:17
    • NASB 1995 has footnote on “The Skull” in Lk 23:33 reading “In Lat. Calvarius; or Calvary“
    • KJV of Lk 23:33 renders KRANION (“The Skull” in NASB 1995) as “Calvary” and this is the only instance of “Calvary” in the KJV; elsewhere it renders Strong’s Greek 1115 as “Golgotha” just as the NASB 1995 does (which is Mt 27:33; Mk 15:22; Jn 19:17)

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