Matthew 27:32 says,  And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.  Though Simon of Cyrene was compelled to physically carry the cross of Jesus, that is something no one can do spiritually.  We are told to take up our cross daily, but we can never take up the cross of Jesus.  Jesus alone is able to bear the cross of salvation.  I believe that our cross is to simply put our lives in God's hands at all times.  Verse thirty-three states, And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,  They ultimately reached Golgotha, the place of the skull.  This was to be the place of Jesus' crucifixion.  Verse thirty-four says, They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.  They attempted to get Jesus to drink a drink of vinegar mixed with gall, but He didn't drink it after He tasted it.  I am not sure why they wanted Jesus to drink this.  It may have been just another attempt to mock Him, but for whatever reason, they were not successful.  Neither will we be successful in forcing Jesus to do anything that He does not choose to do.  Verse thirty-five states, And 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.  People around Jesus were still attempting to profit from His crucifixion.  They divided His garments and cast lots for them.  This also fulfilled a prophecy about the Messiah.  Now, we can either believe that those crucifying Jesus felt the need to validate Him by fulfilling a prophecy about Him, or that even without their knowledge a prophecy was fulfilled.  I choose the latter.  Verse thirty-six says, And sitting down they watched him there;  After dividing His garments, they sat down to watch Jesus.  I believe that they were curious about what Jesus would do, but didn't think anything would happen except His dying.  It is not enough to sit and watch to see what Jesus is going to do.  We must accept Him by faith in what He has done and will do.  Verse thirty-seven declares, And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.  The people were still trying to mock Jesus.  They placed a sign over His head boldly pronouncing Jesus as the King of the Jews.  Though placed there to mock Jesus, they proclaimed the truth.  No matter what we do, we can never change the fact of Who Jesus is.  Verse thirty-eight states, Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left.  Jesus was crucified between two thieves, who were guilty of their crimes.  I believe this was another attempt to mock Jesus, making Him the center of the crucifixions.  Whenever we come to Jesus, we come as guilty people deserving of our punishment, and Jesus will always be in the midst of us.  Verse thirty-nine states, And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,  Then verse forty continues, And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.  The people showed their contempt for Jesus by shaking their heads at Him and verbally abusing Him.  They did not understand Jesus's statement about the temple and attempted to use His own words to mock and discredit Him.  People today still take a passage of scripture out of context  and attempt to change what God has really said.  The context is really the whole Bible, and its message will never contradict itself.  Verse forty-one states, Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said,  This simply tells us that the religious leaders were as bad or worse than anyone else.  Verse forty-two says, He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.  The religious leaders, who should have understood Who the Messiah was to be, were still taking the words of Jesus to be about an earthly kingdom.  Until we see Jesus and understand His word from a spiritual, or heavenly aspect, we will continue to make a mockery of His message.  We cannot add material, or earthly, things to the promise of Christ.  Verse forty-three continues, He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.  Basically, the religious leaders were saying that in order for them to believe Jesus that He would have to come down from the cross to prove that God had delivered Him.  We still hear people today say that if God is real and is so great, then why do those that follow Him suffer.  Jesus did come down from the cross in accordance with God's will, and He was victorious even though the religious leaders thought they had defeated Him.  Though we may not be delivered from a particular situation in this life, if we remain faithful to God, we will be delivered in the everlasting life to come.  Verse forty-four states, The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.  Though we know that one thief eventually accepted Jesus as his Savior, at first both were evidently crying out against Him.  Even if we get to the end of our life, if we call out sincerely in faith in Christ, we will be saved.  It is always the sacrifice of Christ that saves us and never our own goodness or works.