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    Golgotha

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    Golgotha, also known as the Place of a Skull, was the site outside Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified (Matthew 27:33; Mrk.15.22; Luke 23:33; Jhn.19.17).

    Where the story of Golgotha happensWhere the gazetteer locates Golgotha, framed to them: Golgotha. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Golgotha
    Where the gazetteer locates Golgotha
    verses
    4
    first named
    Matthew 27:33
    last named
    John 19:18
    feature
    hill
    coordinates
    31.78°N · 35.23°E
    hill31.78°N · 35.23°E

    Church of the Holy Sepulchre (OpenBible)

    Scholarship offers 3 identifications for this place. The leading one is shown; the others are recorded in the gazetteer.

    Description

    Golgotha in the text

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Golgotha, which means "Place of a Skull" in Aramaic, was the location outside the walls of Jerusalem where Jesus Christ was crucified. All four Gospels mention Golgotha as the site of the crucifixion (Matthew 27:33; Mrk.15.22; Luke 23:33; Jhn.19.17). The exact reason for the name is not specified in the Bible, but it may refer to the physical appearance of the site, resembling a skull, or it could be associated with a place of execution. The Gospel accounts describe how Jesus, after being sentenced to death by Pontius Pilate, was led to Golgotha, where he was crucified along with two criminals. The location of Golgotha was outside the city walls, as was customary for executions in ancient times. It is also mentioned that the site was near a garden and a tomb, which belonged to Joseph of Arimathea, where Jesus' body was later laid (Jhn.19.41-42). The crucifixion at Golgotha is the central event in the Christian faith, as it represents Jesus' sacrificial death for the sins of humanity, leading to his resurrection and the offer of salvation to all who believe in him.

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 4, across 4 books. The name is written 7 times in them.

    1. Matthew1 verse

      27:33

    2. Mark1 verse

      15:22

    3. Luke1 verse

      23:33

    4. John1 verse

      19:17

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    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Soldiers’ crucifixion of Jesus and First Man and Soldiers’ leading of JesusJesusThe Son of God and Savior of the world.via Soldiers’ crucifixion of Jesus and First ManCrucifixionCrucifixion is a concept gathering 13 labelled instances in the text.via Soldiers’ leading of JesusLeadingLeading is a concept gathering 85 labelled instances in the text.

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    What happened here

    Atlas's reading of each chapter this place appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

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