Mark 15:21

Bible in Basic English 1965

And they made one, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, who was going by, coming from the country, go with them, so that he might take his cross.

Cross References

Matthew 27:32

And while they were coming out, they saw a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, and they made him go with them, so that he might take up his cross.

Matthew 5:41

And whoever makes you go one mile, go with him two.

Mark 15:20

And when they had made sport of him, they took the purple robe off him and put his clothing on him. And they took him out to put him to death on the cross.

Luke 14:27

Whoever does not take up his cross and come after me may not be my disciple.

Luke 23:26

And a great band of people went after him, and of women making signs of grief and weeping for him.

John 19:17

And he went out with his cross on him to the place which is named Dead Man's Head in Hebrew, Golgotha:

Acts 11:20

But some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, when they came to Antioch, gave the good news about the Lord Jesus to the Greeks.

Acts 13:1

Now there were at Antioch, in the church there, prophets and teachers, Barnabas, and Symeon who was named Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, a relation of Herod the king, and Saul.

Acts 2:10

In Phrygia and Pamphylia, in Egypt and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and those who have come from Rome, Jews by birth and others who have become Jews,

Acts 6:9

But some of those who were of the Synagogue named that of the Libertines, and some of the men of Cyrene and of Alexandria and those from Cilicia and Asia, had arguments with Stephen.

Romans 16:13

Give my love to Rufus, one of the Lord's selection, and to his mother and mine.