As Jesus fell several times on the way to Calvary as he was exhausted , it was then that the roman soldier told Simon to carry it.
Simon of Cyrene.
Simon of Cyrene was the man who helped Jesus carry his cross.
It was Simon of Cyrene.As Jesus was carrying his cross out of Jerusalem to the place of execution, a man named Simon of Cyrene was coming in (Matthew 27:32; Peter 15:21; Luke 23:26), and the soldiers compelled him to carry the cross of Jesus.
On the day Jesus of Nazareth was executed, another man (Simon of Cyrene) was forced to carry the cross that Jesus was executed on. Therefore to take up the cross is to carry a burden that is not your own in addition to what you would normally do.
According to the Bible, Simon and Joseph took Jesus down, while the Virgin Mary wept at the foot of the cross.
Simon of cyrene
It was a passer by named Joseph.
There is no historical record indicating that Simon of Cyrene died in the same place as Jesus. Simon of Cyrene is known for helping Jesus carry the cross to Golgotha, but there is no further mention of him in relation to Jesus' crucifixion.
And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.
Simon the Cyrenean was the man compelled by the Romans to carry the cross of Jesus as Jesus was taken to his crucifixion, according to all three Synoptic Gospels
Although it is not written from whom Jesus received the cross, it is written that a man called Simon from Cyrene was compelled to carry Jesus' cross just after they came out from the judgement hall, (Matthew 27.32)
Simon of Cyrene is thought to be black. He carried Jesus' cross.