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Golgotha The place where Jesus was crucified (2)

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During the lifetime of Eusebius Helena, the mother of Constantine, declared the new location of Golgotha at the place which she claims the LORD revealed to her. However Eusebius never gave in his writings any recognition of her claim. In his work 'Onamasticon' Eusebius made the following statement concerning Golgotha: Golgotha. Place of the skull where the Christ was crucified. It is pointed out in Jerusalem north of Mt. Zion. Eusebius Onomasticon Section C The Gospels.  Mount Zion  in ancient times was located on the same mount which today is called the  city of David.  At that time this mount was referred to by Josephus as being within the old wall of Jerusalem. This vicinity was called in his days the  upper city , and was adjacent to the lower city, which  extended as far south as the pool of Siloam.  In the days of Hezekiah however the wall extended only as far south as the Hezekiah tunnel.  The two mounts directly north of Mo...

Golgotha The place where Jesus was crucified

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Since Constantine I the Christian world has been led to believe that Golgotha, the mount on which Jesus was crucified, is beneath the site where today the Holy Sepulcher Church is built. Helen, the mother of Constantine herself, is  credited for identifying its location  and instigating the building of the Church upon its  site.  But  Golgotha , often named Calvary, is on the other side of Jerusalem, just outside the eastern wall, northeast of the Temple Mount.  A spot there is called Golgotha,—of old the fathers’ earlier tongue thus called its name, “The skull-pan of a head:” Four Books Against Marcion Book II 259 Golgotha - Place of a Skull The Early Church knew that the place where Jesus was curcified looked like a skull, and to be more specific, a cranium, which is the skull-pan or upper part of the skull. Instead of using the ancient greek word   skulla (skull), the Gospels used the word 'Kranion' when referring to its appearance...