Mar 15:21-32 | ESV | STEP | And they compelled a passerby , Simon of Cyrene , who was coming in from the country , the father of Alexander and Rufus , to carry his cross .

Mark 15:21-32

The Crucifixion

21 ^aAnd they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross. 22 ^bAnd they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull). 23 And they offered him wine mixed with ^cmyrrh, but he did not take it. 24 And they crucified him and ^ddivided his garments among them, casting lots for them, to decide what each should take. 25 And ^eit was the third hour ^{▼▼That is, 9 a.m.} when they crucified him. 26 And the inscription of the charge against him read, ^g“The King of the Jews.” 27 And with him they crucified two ^hrobbers, ⁱone on his right and one on his left. ^{▼▼Some manuscripts insert verse 28: And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “He was numbered with the transgressors”} 29 And ^kthose who passed by derided him, ^lwagging their heads and saying, ^m“Aha! ⁿYou who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, 30 save yourself, and come down from the cross!” 31 So also the chief priests with the scribes mocked him to one another, saying, ^o“He saved others; ^phe cannot save himself. 32 Let ^qthe Christ, ^rthe King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may ^ssee and believe.” ^tThose who were crucified with him also reviled him.