Crucifixion of Jesus

===Path===
{{Main|Christ carrying the Cross|Via Dolorosa}}
[[File:5 Andrea di Bartolo. Way to Calvary. c. 1400, Thissen-Bornhemisza coll. Madrid.jpg|thumb|[[Andrea di Bartolo]], ''Way to Calvary'', c. 1400. The cluster of halos at the left are the [[Virgin Mary]] in front, with the [[Three Marys]].]]
The three [[Synoptic Gospels]] refer to a man called [[Simon of Cyrene]] whom the Roman soldiers order to carry the cross after Jesus initially carries it but then collapses,<ref>{{Bibleref2|Matthew|27:32}}, {{Bibleref2|Mark|15:21}}, {{Bibleref2|Luke|23:26}}</ref> while the Gospel of John just says that Jesus "bears" his own cross.<ref>{{bibleverse|Jn.|19:17}}</ref> <!---John uses "bastazō" with a figurative meaning of ''enduring'' or ''sustaining''.<ref>{{StrongGreek|941}}</ref> By contrast, the first two accounts use "airō" which literally means to ''raise'', ''take up'', or ''lift'',<ref>{{StrongGreek|142}}</ref> and Luke uses "pherō̄" which literally means to ''bear'', ''carry'', or ''bring forth''.<ref>{{StrongGreek|5342}}</ref> -->

Luke's gospel also describes an interaction between Jesus and the women among the crowd of mourners following him, quoting Jesus as saying "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. For behold, the days are coming when they will say, 'Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!' Then they will begin to say to the mountains, 'Fall on us,' and to the hills, 'Cover us.' For if they do these things when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?"<ref>{{bibleverse|Lk.|23:28–31}}</ref>

The [[Gospel of Luke]] has Jesus address these women as "daughters of Jerusalem", thus distinguishing them from the women whom the same gospel describes as "the women who had followed him from Galilee" and who were present at his crucifixion.<ref>{{bibleverse||Luke|23:46|ESV}} and {{bibleverse-nb||Luke|23:55}}</ref>

Traditionally, the path that Jesus took is called [[Via Dolorosa]] ([[Latin language|Latin]] for "Way of Grief" or "Way of Suffering") and is a street in the [[Old City of Jerusalem]]. It is marked by nine of the fourteen [[Stations of the Cross]]. It passes the [[Ecce Homo (church)|Ecce Homo Church]] and the last five stations are inside the [[Church of the Holy Sepulchre]].

There is no reference to a woman named [[Saint Veronica|Veronica]]<ref>Lavinia Cohn-Sherbok, ''Who's who in Christianity'', (Routledge 1998), p. 303.</ref> in the Gospels, but sources such as ''[[Acta Sanctorum]]'' describe her as a pious woman of [[Jerusalem]] who, moved with pity as [[Jesus]] carried his cross to [[Golgotha]], gave him her veil that he might wipe his forehead.<ref>''[[Notes and Queries]]'', Volume July 6 – December 1852, London, page 252</ref><ref>The Archaeological journal (UK), Volume 7, 1850 p. 413</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15362a.htm|title=CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Veronica|website=www.newadvent.org|access-date=April 2, 2022|archive-date=April 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403180405/https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15362a.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Alban Butler, 2000 ''Lives of the Saints'' {{ISBN|0-86012-256-5}} p. 84</ref>