Matthew 27:32
As they came out, they found a man from Cyrene named Simon, whom they forced to go with them so that he might carry his cross.
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33They came to a place called Golgotha, which means “The Place of a Skull.”
Cross References
Leviticus 4:3If it is the high priest who sins so as to bring guilt on the people, then let him offer for his sin which he has committed a young bull without blemish to Yahweh as a sin offering.
Leviticus 4:21He will carry the bull outside the camp and burn it as he burned the first bull. This is the sin offering for the assembly.
1 Kings 21:10Also place two dishonest men with him and let them testify against him, saying, 'You cursed God and the king.'” Then take him out and stone him to death.
Matthew 5:41Whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two.
Mark 15:21A certain man, Simon of Cyrene, was coming in from the country (he was the father of Alexander and Rufus), and they forced him to carry his cross.
John 19:17Then they took Jesus, and he went out, carrying the cross for himself, to the place called “The Place of a Skull,” which in Hebrew is called “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 →