They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which means the place of the skull) — the place-name is translated for Mark's Gentile audience. Golgotha is the Aramaic for skull; Calvary is the Latin transliteration of the Greek kranion (skull). The skull name may refer to the location's appearance, to its use as an execution site, or to a tradition about Adam's burial. The place is just outside the city walls, on a route where passersby would see the crucified.

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