Matthew 27:32 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

³² As they were leaving [i.e., probably the city of Jerusalem], they met a man from Cyrene [Note: This was a city in the northern African country of Libya]. His name was Simon and they forced him to go with them so he could carry Jesus’ cross [i.e., probably only the cross-beam portion].

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³² And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³² As they were marching forth, they came upon a man of Cyrene named Simon; this man they forced to carry the cross of Jesus.

American Standard Version (1901)

³² And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to go with them, that he might bear his cross.

Common English Bible

³² As they were going out, they found Simon, a man from Cyrene. They forced him to carry his cross.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³² But as they were going out, they came upon a man of Cyrene, named Simon, whom they compelled to take up his cross.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³² And going out, they found a man of Cyrene, named Simon: him they forced to take up his cross.

Matthew 27:32 Cross References

Matthew 16:24

Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wants to be my follower, he should deny self [i.e., of always having its own way] and lift up his cross [of responsibility] and [then he can] become my follower.

Matthew 5:41

Whoever requires you to go one mile, [be willing to] go with him two miles. [Note: The Romans were permitted by law to require a Jew to carry their burden for one mile only].

Mark 15:21

They forced a passerby, named Simon of Cyrene [Note: This was a city in the northern African country of Libya], the father of Alexander and Rufus, who was coming in from the countryside, to go with them so he could carry Jesus’ cross [i.e., probably only the cross-beam portion].

Luke 23:26

Then, as they were leading Jesus away, the soldiers [See Mark 15:16-21] grabbed hold of a man named Simon, from Cyrene [Note: This was a city in the northern African country of Libya], who was coming in from the countryside, and placed the cross [i.e., probably only the cross-beam portion] on him, so he could carry it while following Jesus.

John 19:17

So, they took Jesus [away] and He went out [of the city] carrying the cross by Himself to a place called The Place of the Skull, [also] called Golgotha in the Hebrew language [and Calvary in Latin].

Acts 11:20

But when some men from Cyprus and Cyrene came to Antioch, they preached [about] the Lord Jesus to the Greeks [i.e., Gentiles] also.

Acts 13:1

Now in the church at Antioch there were [these] prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Symeon, called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen, the foster-brother of Herod the Tetrarch [i.e., governor of Galilee], and Saul.

Acts 2:10

Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt and areas of Libya around Cyrene, Jewish and proselyte travelers from Rome,

Acts 6:9

But several men from the synagogue, made up of freed slaves from Cyrene, Alexandria, Cilicia and Asia, began arguing with Stephen.

Acts 7:58

They threw him out of the city and stoned him [to death]. Those who witnessed [the incident] placed their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul.