Christians worldwide are commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus in Good ... show either man carrying a large, wooden cross with both a vertical and a horizontal beam. Yet Romans generally had ...

It is interesting. Simon didn’t offer to help Jesus carry the cross. The Gospel says that Simon was “pressed into service to carry his cross.” The cross was forced on him, he was made to ...

In the Fifth Station, Jesus allows Simon of Cyrene to help him carry the cross; and in the Sixth Station, he allows Veronica to wipe his face. I don’t think there’s a coincidence in Simon or ...

As they went out, they came upon a man of Cyrene, Simon by name; this man they compelled to carry his cross. Jesus told his disciples, "If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and ...