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He went out, bearing his cross, to the place called “The Place of a Skull”, which is called in Hebrew, “Golgotha”,
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Verse 17. Saint John makes no mention of what took place on the way to Calvary, when Jesus, being worn out by fatigue, could not proceed any farther, and they were obliged to relieve him of his burden, and to give it to a man, named Simon, of Cyrene, to carry for him, as is related in S. Matthew 27:32. and Saint Mark, 15:21. Calmet.—For the honour paid in the early ages to the holy cross see S. Cyril, l. vi. cont. Julian. Saint Jerome ep. xvii. S. Paulin. ep. xi.
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