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31 After they finished ridiculing Him, they stripped Him of the scarlet robe and put His own clothes on Him, and led Him away to crucify Him.

32 Now as they were coming out, they found a man of [a]Cyrene named [b]Simon, whom they forced into service [c]to carry the cross of Jesus.(A)

The Crucifixion

33 And when they came to a place called Golgotha, which means [d]Place of a Skull,(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 27:32 A port city in north Africa.
  2. Matthew 27:32 The father of Alexander and Rufus, disciples in Rome.
  3. Matthew 27:32 The crossbeam was usually placed on the nape of the neck like a yoke.
  4. Matthew 27:33 Latin: Calvarius; or Calvary; Aram: Golgotha; Greek: Kranion.

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