GOLGOTHA 

 Photogravure from the Painting by Jean Leon Gerdme 



Golgotha, the scene of the Crucifixion of Christ, was situated without the 

 gates of Jerusalem on the east side of the city, although the common opinion, 

 handed down from the Middle Ages, erroneously places it to the northwest. 

 In the fourth century a church was built by Constantino over what was sup- 

 posed to be the site of the Crucifixion. 



According to some authorities, the present mosque of Omar, called by the 

 Mohammedans " The Dome of the Rock," occupies the real site of the Cruci- 

 fixion of Christ. St. Matthew, St. Mark, and St. John refer to the site as 

 " Golgotha," while St. Luke calls it Calvary. 



" Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they 

 took Jesus, and led him away. And he bearing his cross went forth into a 

 place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew, Golgotha, 

 where they crucified him, and two others with him, on either side one, and 

 Jesus in the midst." St. John xix, 16-18. 



