Mark 15:21-23

EasyEnglish Bible

The soldiers put Jesus on a cross

²¹ When the soldiers were taking Jesus out to that place, a man called Simon was there. He was coming in from outside the city. He was from the city of Cyrene, and he was the father of Alexander and Rufus. The soldiers told Simon that he must carry Jesus' cross. ²² The soldiers took Jesus to a place that is called Golgotha. (Golgotha means ‘the place of a skull’.)^[a]

²³ They tried to give Jesus some wine to drink. They had mixed some medicine called myrrh into the wine. But Jesus would not drink it.