Golgotha

1. The empty tomb

   As the first day of the week began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. Matthew tells of an earthquake and an angel who rolled away the stone and told them Jesus had risen. Mark, Luke and John describe the morning differently; in John, Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene.

   Matthew does not say where the tomb was. John places it in a garden at the place where Jesus was crucified (John 19:41–42); the marker shows the traditional site.

   Matthew 28:1–7Final Week · Stop 9

2. Jesus meets the women

   Leaving the tomb with fear and great joy, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary ran to tell the disciples. Jesus met them on the way; they took hold of his feet and worshiped him, and he told them to tell his brothers to go to Galilee, where they would see him.

   Matthew says Jesus met the women after they left the tomb, on their way to the disciples; the place is not named. The marker shows the traditional site of the tomb.

   Matthew 28:8–10Resurrection appearances · Stop 1

3. The crucifixion

   Jesus was crucified at Golgotha between two others, beneath a written charge naming him King of the Jews. Darkness covered the land from the sixth hour to the ninth, when he cried out with a loud voice and died.

   Mark 15:22–41Final Week · Stop 8

4. The women report the empty tomb

   At dawn the women found the stone rolled away and the body gone, and two men in dazzling clothing told them he had risen. Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James and others told the apostles, who did not believe them. Peter ran to the tomb and saw the linen strips lying by themselves.

   Luke does not say where the tomb was or where the apostles were when the women returned to them. John places the tomb in a garden at the place of the crucifixion (John 19:41); the marker shows the traditional site.

   Luke 24:1–12Resurrection appearances · Stop 2

5. Jesus’ mother at the cross

   Standing by the cross were Jesus’ mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. Seeing his mother and the disciple whom he loved, Jesus told her that the disciple was her son, and told the disciple that she was his mother; from that hour the disciple took her into his home.

   John 19:25–27Women in the Gospels and Acts · Stop 11

6. Burial in a new tomb

   Joseph of Arimathaea, with Nicodemus, took Jesus’ body, wrapped it in linen with spices and laid it in a new tomb in a garden near the place where he was crucified.

   John 19:38–42Final Week · Stop 8

7. Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene

   Mary Magdalene stood weeping outside the tomb and saw two angels where the body had lain. Turning, she saw Jesus but took him for the gardener until he called her by name. He sent her to his brothers, and she told the disciples that she had seen the Lord.

   John says the tomb was in a garden at the place where Jesus was crucified (John 19:41–42); the marker shows the traditional site.

   John 20:11–18Resurrection appearances · Stop 3

• The Final Week in Jerusalemstops 8 and 9
• Appearances of the Risen Jesusstops 1, 2, and 3
• Women in the Gospels and Actsstops 11 and 12

• Jerusalem0 km
• Temple Mount1 km
• Pool of Bethesda1 km
• Gethsemane1 km
• Pool of Siloam1 km
• Mount of Olives2 km

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre is the traditional site of both the crucifixion and the tomb, and is favored by most sources. The Garden Tomb, north of the Old City, is an alternative proposed in the 19th century.

Coordinates

31.7784° N, 35.2298° E

Coordinate sources

OpenBible.info a631d35 (opens in a new tab)Wikidata Q170516 (opens in a new tab)