“And as they led Him away, having taken hold on Simon, a certain Cyrenian, coming from the field, they put the cross on him to carry [it] behind Jesus.”— Luke 23:26 (LSV)
23And they were pressing with loud voices asking Him to be crucified, and their voices, and those of the chief priests, were prevailing,
24and Pilate gave judgment for their request being done,
25and he released him who because of sedition and murder has been cast into the prison, whom they were asking for, and he gave up Jesus to their will.
26And as they led Him away, having taken hold on Simon, a certain Cyrenian, coming from the field, they put the cross on him to carry [it] behind Jesus.
27And a great multitude of the people were following Him, and of women, who also were beating themselves and lamenting Him,
28and Jesus having turned to them, said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children;
29for behold, days come in which they will say, Blessed the barren, and wombs that did not bear, and breasts that did not give suck;