Matthew 27:32
And while coming out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. They drafted this man, so that he might take his cross.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
33And having come to a place called Golgotha, that is called, the place of a skull,
Cross References
Leviticus 4:3if the anointed priest shall sin so as to bring guilt on the people, then let him offer for his sin, which he has sinned, a young bullock without blemish to LORD for a sin-offering.
Leviticus 4:21And he shall carry forth the bullock outside the camp, and burn it as he burned the first bullock. It is the sin-offering for the assembly.
1 Kings 21:10And set two men, base fellows, before him, and let them bear witness against him, saying, Thou cursed God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him to death.
Matthew 5:41And whoever will draft thee for one mile, go thou with him two.
Mark 15:21And they draft a certain Simon, a Cyrenian passing by coming from the countryside, the father of Alexander and Rufus, so that he would take his cross.
John 19:17And he went out bearing his cross to a place called, of a Skull, a place that is called in Hebrew, Golgotha,
Matthew Henry on Matthew 27:27-33
Christ Scourged and Derided; Christ Mocked by the Soldiers. 26 Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified. 27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. 28 And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. 29 And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King… Read the whole commentary →