Summer 2026 news@God’s Acre
Enjoy the new Summer 2026 newsletter edition of the news@godsacre.
They compelled a passer-by, who was coming in from the country, to carry Jesus’ cross; it was Simon of Cyrene….Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the council,…went boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Mark 15:21 & 43
Simon of Cyrene and Joseph of Arimathea are both mentioned toward the end of the story of Jesus’ life and death. Simon was the man the Roman authorities compelled to help Jesus carry His cross to Golgotha, and Joseph was the man who went to Pilate to ask for Jesus’ body after His…