The crowd chose to free Barabbas, a well-known criminal, thereby condemning Christ to death. Once Jesus had been condemned ... He was given his cross to carry to Golgotha where he was to be ...

As they went out, they came upon a man of Cyrene, Simon by name; this man they compelled to carry his cross. Jesus told his disciples, "If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and ...

The crowd has swollen into a multitude ... and they force him to carry the cross of Jesus (cf. Mk 15:21). In the whole context of the Passion, this help does not add up to very much.