Topic
Calvary
5 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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- Luke 23:33Easton · Nave Also called GOLGOTHA, place where Jesus was crucified
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.
- Matthew 27:33Nave Also called GOLGOTHA, place where Jesus was crucified
And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,
- Mark 15:22Nave Also called GOLGOTHA, place where Jesus was crucified
And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull.
- John 19:17Nave Also called GOLGOTHA, place where Jesus was crucified
And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:
- Hebrews 13:11–13Easton
For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp. Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate. Let us go forth…
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 2 references
Only in Luke 23:33, the Latin name Calvaria, which was used as a translation of the Greek word Kranion, by which the Hebrew word Gulgoleth was interpreted, “the place of a skull.” It probably took this name from its shape, being a hillock or low, rounded, bare elevation somewhat in the form of a human skull. It is nowhere in Scripture called a “hill.” The crucifixion of our Lord took place outside the city walls (Heb. 13:11-13) and near the public thoroughfare. “This thing was not done in a corner.” (See GOLGOTHA.)
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 0 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 0 references
kal'-va-ri.
See GOLGOTHA.
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.