Mark 15:22

15:22 They brought Jesus ¹  to a place called Golgotha ²  (which is translated, “Place of the Skull”). ³ 

Mark 6:35

6:35 When it was already late, his disciples came to him and said, “This is an isolated place ⁴  and it is already very late.

Mark 6:11

6:11 If a place will not welcome you or listen to you, as you go out from there, shake the dust off ⁵  your feet as a testimony against them.”

Mark 16:6

16:6 But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. ⁶  He has been raised! ⁷  He is not here. Look, there is the place where they laid him.

¹ tn Grk “him.”

² tn Grk “a place, Golgotha.” This is an Aramaic name; see John 19:17.

³ sn The place called Golgotha (which is translated “Place of the Skull”). This location is north and just outside of Jerusalem. The hill on which it is located protruded much like a skull, giving the place its name. The Latin word for the Greek term κρανίον (kranion) is calvaria, from which the English word “Calvary” is derived (cf. Luke 23:33 in the KJV).

⁴ tn Or “a desert” (meaning a deserted or desolate area with sparse vegetation).

⁷ sn To shake the dust off represented shaking off the uncleanness from one’s feet; see Luke 10:11; Acts 13:51; 18:6. It was a sign of rejection.

¹⁰ sn See the note on Crucify in 15:13.

¹¹ tn The verb here is passive (ἠγέρθη, hgerqh). This “divine passive” (see ExSyn 437-38) points to the fact that Jesus was raised by God.