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33 They came to a place named Golgotha, which means “Place of a Skull.”[a]

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  1. 27.33 Place of a Skull: The place was probably given this name because it was near a large rock in the shape of a human skull.

Jesus Is Nailed to a Cross

(Matthew 27.31-44; Luke 23.27-43; John 19.17-27)

22 The soldiers took Jesus to Golgotha, which means “Place of a Skull.”[a]

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  1. 15.22 Place of a Skull: The place was probably given this name because it was near a large rock in the shape of a human skull.

17 and he carried his cross to a place known as “The Skull.”[a] In Aramaic this place is called “Golgotha.”

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  1. 19.17 The Skull: The place was probably given this name because it was near a large rock in the shape of a human skull.

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