LUKE—NOTE ON Luke 23:26 they (the Roman soldiers)... seized one Simon of Cyrene. Cyrene was a region in North Africa with a large Jewish population. Simon was likely a Jew who had traveled to Jerusalem for the Passover. See notes on Mark 15:21; Acts 13:1. Since he already had been scourged (see notes on Matt. 27:26; Mark 15:15; John 19:1), Jesus’ physical condition may have prevented him from carrying the cross.

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