Contradiction claim
Who carried Jesus’ cross?
All three Synoptic Gospels report that Simon of Cyrene was compelled to carry the cross. John says that Jesus went out bearing his cross. Neither statement is framed as excluding the other.
Narrative divergenceReviewedSeverity: lowClassification confidence: high
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And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.
And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross.
And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.
And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: