Luke 23:26

New English Translation

As they led him away, they seized Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country. They placed the cross on his back and made him carry it behind Jesus.

Cross References

Matthew 5:41

And if anyone forces you to go one mile, go with him two.

Luke 14:27

Whoever does not carry his own cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.

Luke 23:25

He released the man they asked for, who had been thrown in prison for insurrection and murder. But he handed Jesus over to their will.

Luke 9:23

Then he said to them all, “If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow me.

Acts 13:1

Now there were these prophets and teachers in the church at Antioch: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen (a close friend of Herod the tetrarch from childhood) and Saul.

Acts 2:10

Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene, and visitors from Rome,

Acts 6:6

They stood these men before the apostles, who prayed and placed their hands on them.

Acts 6:9

But some men from the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, as well as some from Cilicia and the province of Asia, stood up and argued with Stephen.