Question: What was the name of the man forced to carry Jesus' cross?
Answer: Simon. (Matthew 27:32)
Comments: Simon (of Cyrene) was drafted to carry Jesus' cross when Jesus' body no longer could. (Matthew 27:32; Mark 15:21-22; Luke 23:26). In the Gospel of John, Jesus carries the cross himself, and there is no mention of a Simon. In the traditional 14-step celebration of the Stations of the Cross, Simon's enlistment is the fifth staton.
Note: This water color painting of Simon of Cyrene assisting Jesus was painted by Johann Friedrich Overbeck (1789-1869). It is owned by the Vatican Museums.
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