“As they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, and they compelled him to go with them, that he might carry his cross.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Matthew 27 contains 66 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.