Golgotha
Where Golgotha sits on the map, and the 4 verses where it appears, in biblical order and linked to the full chapter.
- Identified with
- Church of the Holy Sepulchre
- Coordinates
- 31.7784, 35.2298
- Mentions
- 4 mentions
Coordinates and the modern identification come from the open atlas at OpenBible.info. For regions, peoples and large features there is no identification: the marked point only places the area on the map, and stands for neither a particular site nor its boundaries.
Can you visit it today?
The Holy Sepulchre shelters under one roof the outcrop of Calvary and the edicule enclosing what remains of a rock-cut tomb. The site was a disused quarry outside the first-century wall, with tombs around it — which makes the identification plausible without proving it. Six Christian communities share the building under the division fixed by the 1852 status quo.
- Where it is
- In the Christian Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City, at the end of the Via Dolorosa.
What to read there
The passage that gives this site its meaning, to read while you are here.
John 19, 17-30Open in the readerPassages where it appears
4 verses, in biblical order.
Matthew
- Matthew 27:33
And they arrived at the place which is called Golgotha, which is the place of Calvary.
Mark
- Mark 15:22
And they led him through to the place called Golgotha, which means, ‘the Place of Calvary.’
Luke
- Luke 23:33
And when they arrived at the place that is called Calvary, they crucified him there, with the robbers, one to the right and the other to the left.
John
- John 19:17
And carrying his own cross, he went forth to the place which is called Calvary, but in Hebrew it is called the Place of the Skull.
Routes that pass through here
Tabor itineraries with a stop at this place.