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- as they led him away - "While the soldiers led Jesus away from where Pilate was"
- seized one Simon of Cyrene - The Roman soldiers had the authority to compel people to carry their loads. Do not translate this in a way that indicates that Simon was arrested or had done anything wrong.
- one - "a man named"
- coming from the country - "He was coming into Jerusalem from the countryside" (UDB)
- laid the cross on him - "put the cross on his shoulders"