Giuseppe wrote:Do you have any other serious alternative explanation about the presence of Golgotha in that point of the Gospel, seriously?
Catholic Encyclopedia wrote:"Golgotha":
The most popular of several sites proposed is that of Otto Thenius (1849), better known as Gordon's Calvary, and styled by the latter, "Skull Hill", because of its shape. Conder is the chief supporter of this view. This site is the elevation over Jeremiah's Grotto, not far from the Damascus Gate. In default of an historic basis, and owing to the insufficiency of the Gospel data ... These affirmations all bear the mark of fitness; but until documents are produced to confirm them, they must inevitably fall short as proof of facts...
So the Catholic Group does not vouch for a particular place for "Golgotha"
that they know.
Sorta' reminds me of John:
John 19: 13 (Moffatt):
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13] On hearing this, Pilate brought Jesus out and seated him on the tribunal at a spot known as the 'mosaic pavement'
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14] -the Hebrew name is Gabbatha (it was the day of Preparation, about noon). "There is your king", he said to the Jews.
Where is the "Mosaic Pavement" in Jerusalem? I know of tiled mosaics in Caesarea but I haven't seen any tourist pictures of any in Jerusalem.
The 2 verses quoted from John are simply full in info you won't find in the Synoptics, as if John were "correcting" Mark and the boys. "Gabbatha", a word found no where else in the Bible occurs within a few verses of "Golgotha" in John. As a Transliteration into Greek, it works in one direction only, so I've heard.
Perhaps, before we look to the skies, we should see if,
AS MARYHELENA ADVOCATES, there is something else in "Golgotha" and "Gabbatha" (Shhhhh!...There may be something Hasmonean somewhere...). The explanation might not even be found in Jerusalem.
(Don't tell anybody. It's a secret...)
CW