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They took (parelabon). Second aorist active indicative of paralambanō, they took Jesus from Pilate. Cf. Joh 1:11; Joh 14:3. This is after the shameful scourging between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. when the soldiers insult Jesus ad libitum (Mar 15:16-19; Mat 27:27-30).
Bearing the cross for himself (bastazōn hautōi ton stauron). Cf. Luk 14:27 for this very picture in the words of Jesus. The dative case of the reflexive pronoun hautōi “for himself” is in strict accord with Roman custom. “A criminal condemned to be crucified was required to carry his own cross” (Bernard). But apparently Jesus under the strain of the night before and the anguish of heart within him gave out so that Simon of Cyrene was impressed to carry it for Jesus (Mar 15:21.; Mat 27:32.; Luk 23:26). See Mar 15:22.; Mat 27:33.; Luk 23:33 for the meaning of “place of a skull” or Calvary and Golgotha in Hebrew (Aramaic). Luke has simply Kranion (Skull), a skull-looking place.