Mark 15:22

22 And they bring him into the place called Golgotha, which being interpreted is, The place of Calvary.

Mark 15:22 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 15:22

And they bring him unto the place, Golgotha
A famous, or rather an infamous one, well known, and much noted for the many executions there:

which is, being interpreted, the place of a skull;
because the skulls of men that had been executed and buried there, being dug up again, lay scattered about; (See Gill on Matthew 27:33).

Mark 15:22 In-Context

20 And after they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him and put his own garments on him: and they led him out to crucify him.

21 And they forced one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and of Rufus, to take up his cross.

22 And they bring him into the place called Golgotha, which being interpreted is, The place of Calvary.

23 And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh. But he took it not.

24 And crucifying him, they divided his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take.