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•21有一个古利奈人西门，就是亚历山大和鲁孚的父亲，从乡下来，经过那地方，他们就勉强他同去，好背着耶稣的十字架。22他们带耶稣到了各各他地方（各各他翻出来，就是髑髅地），23拿没药调和的酒给耶稣，他却不受。24于是将他钉在十字架上，拈阄分他的衣服，看是谁得什么。25钉他在十字架上是巳初的时候。26在上面有他的罪状，写的是：“犹太人的王。”
这几句简短的经文给了我们更多关于耶稣为我们受苦的信息。显然，耶稣是如此的虚弱，因为他经历了所有的事，鞭打，经历六次审讯，他不能亲自背自己的十字架。除了约翰福音以外，所有的福音书都提到了鲁孚和亚历山大的父亲西门。我们可以假设他们后来也成了耶稣的跟随者，罗马书最后提到了一个叫鲁孚的人。
请注意，耶稣没有喝一种叫做没药的温和药物混合的酒。为什么?因为这是拯救的时候。他不能让自己的思想受到蒙蔽。撒旦利用敌人的嘲弄来试探耶稣。他不想减轻即将遭受的痛苦。神的儿子必须忍受我们的罪所需要的全部惩罚。
钉十字架也许是人类发明的最残酷的惩罚。人常常在死前被挂在十字架上好几天。脱水导致身体肌肉痉挛。读一读诗篇22章，你就会明白那是什么感觉。弥赛亚说:“我的骨头都脱了节，”被钉在十字架上的人承受着极度的口渴。然而，死亡通常是由于溺死在自己的体液中，因为他们的肺里充满了水。多么可怕啊!
他们分了他的衣服，为他拈阄。马可记录了十字架下的士兵的残忍和冷漠。他们对他的痛苦毫不关心。这对他们来说只是一份工作。那一天，他们领了耶稣的衣服，得了一小笔奖金。这对耶稣是何等的羞辱!
他做的这一切都是为你和我。他看到了我的每一个罪。当上帝计算我对他犯的罪时，没有一个罪被遗漏。他替我被定罪，好叫我完全得赦免。这是多么奇妙啊!
祷告:主耶稣，我不夸耀任何事，只夸耀你的十字架，在这十字架上，我已经完全得着救赎和赦免。愿我的生命充满无尽的赞美，感谢你这奇妙的怜悯之举!阿们。
Mark 15:22-26: A certain man from Cyrene, Simon, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the country, and they forced him to carry the cross. 22 They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which means “the place of the skull”). 23 Then they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it. 24 And they crucified him. Dividing up his clothes, they cast lots to see what each would get. 25 It was nine in the morning when they crucified him. 26 The written notice of the charge against him read: the king of the jews. (NIV)
These few short verses give us more information on what Jesus suffered for us. Evidently, Jesus was so weak from all that had happened, the scourging and flogging and standing before six trials, that he could not physically carry his own cross. All the gospels except John mention Simon, the father of Rufus and Alexander. We can assume they became followers of Jesus, too, and a man named Rufus is mentioned at the end of Romans.
Notice that Jesus did not accept the wine mixed with a mild drug called “myrrh.” Why? Because this was the hour of salvation. He could not afford to have his mind clouded. Satan was tempting Jesus by the mockery of his enemies. He did not want to deaden the pain that he was about to suffer. The Son of God must endure the full measure of punishment that our sins require.
Crucifixion was perhaps the cruelest punishment ever devised by man. Men often hung on the cross for days before they died. Dehydration caused cramping in the bodies’ muscles. Read Psalm 22 for a description of what it felt like. “All my bones are out of joint,” the Messiah said. A raging thirst consumed the one crucified. Yet, death was usually caused by drowning in their own body fluids, because their lungs filled up with water. How awful!
They divided up his clothes and cast lots for them. Mark records the cruel indifference of the soldiers beneath the cross. They cared nothing for his suffering. It was just a job for them. That day they got a small bonus as they claimed Jesus’ clothes. How humiliating for Jesus!
All this he did for you and for me. He saw every one of my sins. None of them was left out when God counted my sins against him. He was condemned for me that I might be completely forgiven. How wondrous this is!
Prayer: Lord Jesus, I boast in nothing at all except in your cross, in which I have been altogether redeemed and forgiven. Let my life be filled with endless praise for this wonderful act of mercy on your part! Amen.