MATTHEW 27:32 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.”
As they went out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. They compelled this man to carry his cross. Simon of Cyrene — the North African city where a large Jewish diaspora community lived — is compelled to carry Jesus' cross. The compulsion communicates the involuntary nature of the service; Mark 15:21 notes that Simon was the father of Alexander and Rufus, suggesting that the family later became known in the early church.
Church Fathers on Matthew 27:32
After the Evangelist had narrated what concerned the mocking of Christ, he proceeds to His crucifixion.
This is to be understood to have been done at the end of all when He was led off to crucifixion after Pilate had delivered Him up to the Jews.
It is to be noted, that when Jesus is scourged and spit upon, He has not on His own garments, but those which He took for our sins; but when He is crucified, and the show of His mockery is completed, then He takes again His former garments, and His own dress, and immediately the elements are shaken, and the creature gives testimony to the Creator.
Read all 18 entries in the readerCatena Aurea · St. Thomas Aquinas, tr. J. H. Newman · public domain
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
Publish a reflection on this verse
No reflections on this verse yet. Be the first to write one!