“Such is the place of the cross, set up in the centre of the earth, that it might be equally free to all nations to attain the knowledge of God.”
Hilary of Poitiers, 4th c. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
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33And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,
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31And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him.
32And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.
— Matthew 27:33 —
34They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.
35And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.