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Jesus Christ died in a place called "Golgatha", or "Calvary", which means "The Place of the Skull" See Matt 27:33: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matt%2027:33&version=31
Calvary is another name for Golgotha, the place where Jesus was crucified.
Golgotha also know as the place of the skull. The mountain looks like a skull when viewed from a certain angle.
Golgotha
Golgotha (place of a skull taken from the Hebrew) or the Latin term used by Luke which is Calvary.
Calvary or Golgotha
No, Golgotha is not a literary term. It is the Mount on which Jesus was crucified. The word Golgotha in hebrew means skull, and in Greek the Gospels used the word 'Kranion', or cranium, the upper part of the skull. The reason Golgotha got its name is because the mount looks like the upper part of a skull (see link).
JerusalemTo be more accurate, Jesus was crucified at Golgotha, or Calvary, outside of theancient city of Jerusalem.The name Golgotha, is the Greek transcription given by the New Testament.
The actual Hebrew word is golguleth or what we know as Golgotha, meaning 'skull' or 'skull of Adam'. It is also known as Calvary.
Another name for Calvary is Golgotha, which is the hill outside Jerusalem where Jesus Christ was crucified according to Christian tradition.