cross
YES!
Jesus died on a cross that he was forced to carry to Calvary.
The Cross
He was told to carry the cross for Jesus.
Jesus carried the cross to Golgotha, the site of Jesus' crucifixion.
Simon of Cyrene.
Simon of cyrene
he didnt
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.
No it was a Roman custom that the person who was going to be crucified should carry his own cross.--Some scripture, and most tradition, tells us that the Romans laid Jesus' cross on a Cyrenian named Simon.
The cross where He is to be nailed in when they reach Golgotha.