{His own cross} (	on stauron heauto(965c)). This familiar
figure we have had already ( Lu 9:23  Mr 8:34  Mt 10:38  16:24 ).
Each follower has a cross which he must bear as Jesus did his.
Bastaz(935c) is used of cross bearing in the N.T. only here
(figuratively) and  Joh 19:17  literally of Jesus. Crucifixion
was common enough in Palestine since the days of Antiochus
Epiphanes and Alexander Jannaeus.