Luke 23:26 Then, as they were leading Jesus away, the soldiers : - See Mark grabbed hold of a man named Simon, from Cyrene Note: This was a city in the northern African country of Libya, who was coming in from the countryside, and placed the cross i.e., probably only the cross-beam portion on him, so he could carry it while following Jesus.

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁶ Then, as they were leading Jesus away, the soldiers [See Mark 15:16-21] grabbed hold of a man named Simon, from Cyrene [Note: This was a city in the northern African country of Libya], who was coming in from the countryside, and placed the cross [i.e., probably only the cross-beam portion] on him, so he could carry it while following Jesus.