Calvary

Only one verse in the English King James Version uses the word Calvary, and it is the one that tells where Jesus was crucified. Luke 23:33 says, “when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him.” Matthew, Mark and John call the same spot Golgotha, a Hebrew name that means a place of a skull. All four Gospels place it outside the moment of trial and mockery, as the spot where Jesus was nailed between two others. For the full account, read Luke 23 and then John 19.

4 verses

Matthew

Matthew 27:33

And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,

Mark

Mark 15:22

And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull.

Luke

Luke 23:33

And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.

John

John 19:17

And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

Matthew George Easton, 1897

Only in Luke 23:33, the Latin name Calvaria, which was used as a translation of the Greek word Kranion, by which the Hebrew word Gulgoleth was interpreted, “the place of a skull.” It probably took this name from its shape, being a hillock or low, rounded, bare elevation somewhat in the form of a human skull. It is nowhere in Scripture called a “hill.” The crucifixion of our Lord took place outside the city walls (Heb. 13:11-13) and near the public thoroughfare. “This thing was not done in a corner.” (See GOLGOTHA.)