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Biblical place

Where was Golgotha?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

First appears in Matthew 27:33 · 4 books · 4 chapters

Overview

Biblical hill. Modern identification: Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

Golgotha is represented in the local geography layer as Church of the Holy Sepulchre. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Matthew 27:33 and is mentioned across 4 books, with 4 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Jerusalem

About 0 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 0 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Bethlehem

About 9 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 23 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 31 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Golgotha today

Travel to Golgotha, the modern-day Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

Golgotha is commonly identified with Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.

Golgotha is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

Church of the Holy Sepulchre

31.778°N · 35.230°E

Key passages

Appears in

Matthew

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Mark

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Luke

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

John

1 chapter · 1 verse mention