However, three of the gospels use one Greek word and one gospel uses another. In these three gospels the Greek word "Golgotha" is used and it means as we read in Matthew "a place of a skull. Luke uses the Greek word "Calvary" rather than Golgotha. This word in Greek means cranium, or skull and all four gospels identify this spot outside of the gates of Jerusalem as the place where Jesus was placed on a cross.
Therefore, the place where Jesus was crucified was a knoll or hill on the outskirts of Jerusalem that was made up of rock shaped like a man's skull and both the Romans and the Jews knew this place by the same name.
Why here? There were several reasons. For the Romans, this spot outside the gates of the city was a place where they crucified criminals as a sign to those who would visit the city that they did not tolerate criminality. In other words, it was capitol punishment used as a deterrent for crime. It was a usual practice for those crucified to be left on the cross for days and they often became rotting corpses that were food for the carrion eaters.
Only those criminals who were Jewish or had someone to claim the body were taken down and placed in graves. Jesus' body was buried in the grave belonging to Joseph of Arimathaea Matthew Others were sometimes left to rot on the cross and then their bones were cast into a potter's field. So they took Jesus and led Him away. And He, bearing His cross, went out to a place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha , where they crucified Him, and two others with Him, one on either side, and Jesus in the center.
Also known as Calvary, this site was directly outside Jerusalem's boundaries where Jesus was crucified along with two thieves, one who confessed that Christ was God and was saved that day. Its traditionally revered location, distinguished by Queen Mother Helena, mother of Constantine the Great, in , is at the site of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Hence, the different terms used when describing the place of Christ's crucifixion as "Golgotha and Calvary" come from the Hebrew and Latin translations, respectfully.
Golgotha, also named Calvary in Latin, is normally said to be connected to the traditional site of Christ's Crucifixion, now in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Christian Quarter of Jerusalem. This church is within the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem. Below is a diagram from Wikipedia showing how the Church of the Holy Sepulchre was built on the place called Golgotha:.
With regard to the position of the site of the Crucifixion with which is bound up the site of the Tomb the New Testament gives us no indication whatever; indeed, by those who abandon tradition, sites have been suggested on all sides of the city--and West Two views hold the field today:. It is impossible here to go into the whole question, which requires a minute and long elaboration, but an excellent review of the whole evidence may be consulted in "Golgotha and the Holy Sepulcher," by the late Sir Charles W.
Many date it as older than that. That means the entrance would be sealed by rolling a large stone across. That, again, matches the bible description. It was a family tomb that Joseph had built for himself and his family. BRIDGE : On that day, as far as people were concerned, that was the end of the story, that was the end of one that they had hoped would be the Messiah, because a dead Messiah is no good.
But three days later, we believe God raised Jesus to life and that was the start of what we now call Christianity of course. What we say we have here is something that matches the Bible description. At the same time though, we know that Jesus is more than this historical figure that walked the earth, and in his resurrection, he transcends all of that. Learn More. What's New.
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