Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
They laid hold (epilabomenoi). Second aorist middle participle of the common verb epilambanw. The soldiers had no scruples about taking hold of any one of themselves (middle voice). Mark 15:21; 27:32 use the technical word for this process aggareuw, which see for discussion and also about Cyrene.
Laid on him (epeqhkan). K first aorist of epitiqhmi.
To bear it (ferein). Present infinitive, to go on bearing.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Luke 23:26:
John 19:17
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