Greek Transliteration Of Golgatha

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"The Greek transliteration of Golgatha is the Aramaic word for the skull" and in Latin, the word skull is "calvaria" which in English means calvary (Mitch and Sri, 358).Called Golgatha because there were rocks that formed a structure that resembled a skull, symbolizing death because it was an execution site (Mitch and Sri, 358).Before crucifixion, the wine was offered to lessen the pain, but the same soldiers who mocked Jesus with the crown of thorns put a poison called gall in the wine that sends "a bitter discharge from the liver to the gallbladder" (Mitch and Sri, 358).Soldiers show malice to the Jewish king (Mitch and Sri, 358).Christ refuses to drink the wine after the first sip because he "perceives their mockery" (Mitch and Sri, 358).The

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