{"id":18366,"count":1,"description":"Calvary or Golgotha (English pronunciation: \/\u02c8\u0261\u0252l\u0261\u0259\u03b8\u0259\/) was the site, outside of ancient Jerusalem\u2019s early first century walls, at which the crucifixion of Jesus is said to have occurred. Calvary and Golgotha are the English names for the site used in Western Christianity. Golgotha is the Greek transcription given by the New Testament, of an Aramaic title, which has traditionally been presumed to be G\u00fblgalt\u00e2 (but see below for an alternative); the Bible glosses it as place of [the] skull \u2014 \u039a\u03c1\u03b1\u03bd\u03af\u03bf\u03c5 \u03a4\u03cc\u03c0\u03bf\u03c2 (Kraniou Topos) in Greek, and Calvariae Locus in Latin, from which we get Calvary.\nGolgotha is referred to in early writings as being a hill looking like the skull-pan of a head very near a gate into the city of Jerusalem.\nSince the 6th century it has been referred to as the location of a mountain, and as a small hill since 333. The Gospels describe it as a place near enough to the city that those coming in and out could read the inscription 'Jesus of Nazareth - King of the Jews' ....","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/calvary\/","name":"Calvary","slug":"calvary","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/18366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=18366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}