Mark 15:20-22
EasyEnglish Bible
20 When they had stopped laughing at him, they took the dark red coat off him. They put his own clothes back on him. Then they took him away to the place where they would kill him on a cross.
The soldiers put Jesus on a cross
21 When the soldiers were taking Jesus out to that place, a man called Simon was there. He was coming in from outside the city. He was from the city of Cyrene, and he was the father of Alexander and Rufus. The soldiers told Simon that he must carry Jesus' cross. 22 The soldiers took Jesus to a place that is called Golgotha. (Golgotha means ‘the place of a skull’.)[a]
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- 15:22 The skull is the bone inside the head. Golgotha was the place where the Roman soldiers killed robbers.
Mark 15:20-22
New International Version
20 And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him out(A) to crucify him.
The Crucifixion of Jesus(B)
21 A certain man from Cyrene,(C) Simon, the father of Alexander and Rufus,(D) was passing by on his way in from the country, and they forced him to carry the cross.(E) 22 They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which means “the place of the skull”).
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