Luke 23:26-28 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:26

And as they led him away . Plutarch tells us that every criminal condemned to crucifixion carried his own cross. There was borne in front of him, or else hung round his own neck, a white tablet, on which the crime for which he suffered was inscribed. Possibly this was what was afterwards affixed to the cross itself. Simon, a Cyrenian . Cyrene was an important city in North Africa, with a large colony of resident Jews. These Cyrenian Jews had a synagogue of their own in Jerusalem. It is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:26

Compulsion and invitation; the human and the Divine methods. Here we have an illustration of— I. HUMAN VIOLENCE . "They laid hold upon" one Simon, and "him they compelled" ( Matthew 27:32 ) to bear his cross. What right had these Roman soldiers to impress this stranger into their service? What claim had they upon him? By what law of rectitude did they arrest him as he was entering the city, and insist on his bearing a burden, and going whither he would not? What justified them... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:26-32

On the way to Calvary. Simon the Cyrenian. The daughters of Jerusalem. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:26-46

The merciful Savior on the cross. Delivered unto the will of the Jews by the indecision of Pilate, Jesus accepts the cross, and proceeds under its crushing weight towards Calvary. But seeing him fainting under it, they press Simon the Cyrenian into service, and he has the everlasting honor of carrying the end of the beam after Jesus. Thus is it in all life's burdens—the weighty end of them is carried by the sympathetic Master, while the lighter end he allows his people to carry after him.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:27

And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him . The great company was made up of the usual concourse of curious lookers-on, of disciples, and others who had heard him in past days, and now came, with much horror, to see the end. The women specially noticed consisted mostly, no doubt, of holy women of his own company, such as the "Maries," together with some of those kindly Jerusalem ladies who were in the habit of soothing the last... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:27-31

Sympathy and solicitude. Before reaching Calvary an interesting and instructive incident occurred. Among the tumultuous crowd that surged round the soldiers and their victims were many women. These were better away, we are disposed to think, from a scene so brutal and so harrowing as this. But we will believe that something better than curiosity, that gratitude, that affection, that womanly pity, drew them, spite of their natural shrinking, to this last sad ending. By whatever motives... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:28

But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem . This address to them by the Lord indicates that the majority at least of this company of sympathizing women belonged to the holy city. Weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children . Again here, as on the cross, the utter unselfishness of the dying Master comes out. His thoughts in his darkest hour were never of himself. Here, apparently, for the first time since his last interrogation before Pilate does our Lord... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 23:26

See the notes at Matthew 27:32.After Jesus - Probably to bear one end of the cross. Jesus was feeble and unable to bear it alone, and they compelled Simon to help him. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 23:28

Daughters of Jerusalem - Women of Jerusalem. This was a common mode of speaking among the Hebrews.Weep for yourselves ... - This refers to the calamities that were about to come upon them in the desolation of their city by the Romans. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 23:26-27

Luke 23:26-27. And as they led him away After he had been barbarously scourged and mocked, as is recorded, Matthew 27:26-31, and Mark 15:15-20, where see the notes; they laid hold on one Simon, coming out of the country Who was probably a friend of Christ’s, and known to be so; and on him they laid the cross Which doubtless was done to put a reproach upon him; that he might bear it after Jesus Lest Jesus should faint under it, and die away, and so prevent the farther instances of the... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:26

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:26

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:26-32

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:26-46

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:27

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:27-31

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:28

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 23:26

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 23:28

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 23:26-27

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