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

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Interpretation

Christ was led as a Lamb to the slaughter, as a Sacrifice to the altar. Even the mercies of the wicked are really cruel.

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This thought runs through Matthew 27:29-33.

Glossary

Golgotha Place
Biblical hill. Modern identification: Church of the Holy Sepulchre.