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 \v 19 They struck his head with a reed staff and they spat on him. They bent their knees before him to pretend to worship him.
 \v 20 When they had mocked him, they took off of him the purple robe and put his own garments on him, and then led him out to crucify him.
-\v 21 They forced a passerby who was coming in from the country to carry Jesus' cross, a man named Simon of Cyrene the father of Alexander and Rufus.
+\v 21 A certain man, Simon of Cyrene, was coming in from the country (he was the father of Alexander and Rufus), and they forced him to carry his cross.
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 \v 22 The soldiers brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which interpreted means, "Place of a Skull").