## translationWords

* [[en:tw:cross]]
* [[en:tw:jesus]]

## translationNotes

* **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"