25 And he let loose unto them him that for insurrection and murder was cast into prison, whom they desired, and delivered Jesus to do with him what they would.

26 (A)[a]And as they led him away, they caught one Simon of Cyrene, coming out of the field, and on him they laid the cross, to bear it after Jesus.

27 [b]And there followed him a great multitude of people, and of women, which women bewailed and lamented him.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 23:26 An example of the outrageousness and disorder of the soldiers.
  2. Luke 23:27 The triumph of the wicked hath a most horrible end.

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