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30 They also spat upon him and, taking the reed, used it to strike him on the head. 31 And when they had finished mocking him, they stripped him of the robe, dressed him in his own clothes, and led him away to crucify him.

32 The Way of the Cross. As they went out, they encountered a man from Cyrene,[a] named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 27:32 Cyrene: a Greek colony on the Libyan coast; a large Jewish community lived there. See note on Mk 15:21.