32As they were going out, they met a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross.


In Context

29 and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand and knelt in front of him and mocked him. "Hail, king of the Jews!" they said.

30 They spit on him, and took the staff and struck him on the head again and again.

31 After they had mocked him, they took off the robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.

32 As they were going out, they met a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross.

33 They came to a place called Golgotha (which means The Place of the Skull).

34 There they offered Jesus wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, he refused to drink it.

Matthew 27:32 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:32And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

27:32And going out, they found a man of Cyrene, named Simon: him they forced to take up his cross.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

27:32And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to go with them , that he might bear his cross.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:32And as they went forth they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name; him they compelled to go with them that he might bear his cross.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

27:32And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to go with them, that he might bear his cross.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:32And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they constrained to bear his cross.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:32As they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, and they compelled him to go with them, that he might carry his cross.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

27:32And coming forth, they found a man, a Cyrenian, by name Simon: him they impressed that he might bear his cross;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:32And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.