Simon, a man who ventured to Jerusalem for the Passover but found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time. Matthew 27: 32 And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear the cross. 33: and when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, Simon was from Northern Africa a city called Cyrene. He was probably a healthy-looking young man for the Roman Soldiers picked him out the crowd to carry the cross for Jesus. He did not know what was going on, he saw Jesus, whipped, beaten and exhausted. And some say the cross weighed 100 pounds.