27:31 After they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe, put his own clothes on him, and led him away to crucify him.
Crucified Between Two Criminals
32 As they were going out, they found a Cyrenian man named Simon. They forced him to carry his cross.
Crucified Between Two Criminals
32 As they were going out, they found a Cyrenian man named Simon. They forced him to carry his cross.
33 When they came to a place called Golgotha (which means Place of the Skull),
34 they gave him wine [other manuscripts read sour wine] mixed with gall to drink. But when he tasted it, he refused to drink it.
Commentary
(the following is from Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary -- www.christianity.com)
"Christ was led as a Lamb to the slaughter, as a Sacrifice to the altar. Even the mercies of the wicked are really cruel. Taking the cross from him, they compelled one Simon to bear it. Make us ready, O Lord, to bear the cross thou hast appointed us, and daily to take it up with cheerfulness, following thee. Was ever sorrow like unto his sorrow? And when we behold what manner of death he died, let us in that behold with what manner of love he loved us. As if death, so painful a death, were not enough, they added to its bitterness and terror in several ways."
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