Whenthey led Him away,they seizeda man,Simonof Cyrene,comingin from the country,and placedon him the crossto carrybehindJesus.
"Whoeverforcesyou to go onemile,gowith him two.
"Whoeverdoes not carryhis owncrossand comeafterMe cannotbe My disciple.
And he releasedthe man they were askingfor who had been throwninto prisonfor insurrectionand murder,but he deliveredJesusto their will.
And He was sayingto [them] all,"Ifanyonewishesto comeafterMe, he must denyhimself,and takeup his crossdailyand followMe.
Nowthere were at Antioch,in the churchthat was [there], prophetsand teachers:Barnabas,and Simeonwho was calledNiger,and Luciusof Cyrene,and Manaenwho had been broughtup with Herodthe tetrarch,and Saul.
Phrygiaand Pamphylia,Egyptand the districtsof LibyaaroundCyrene,and visitorsfrom Rome,bothJewsand proselytes,
And thesethey broughtbeforethe apostles;and after praying,they laidtheir handson them.
But some menfrom what was calledthe Synagogueof the Freedmen,[including] bothCyreniansand Alexandrians,and somefrom Ciliciaand Asia,roseup and arguedwith Stephen.
