Mark 15:21

New English Translation

The soldiers forced a passerby to carry his cross, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country (he was the father of Alexander and Rufus).

Cross References

Matthew 27:32

As they were going out, they found a man from Cyrene named Simon, whom they forced to carry his cross.

Matthew 5:41

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

Mark 15:20

When they had finished mocking him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.

Luke 14:27

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

Luke 23:26

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.

John 19:17

and carrying his own cross he went out to the place called “The Place of the Skull” (called in Aramaic Golgotha).

Acts 11:20

But there were some men from Cyprus and Cyrene among them who came to Antioch and began to speak to the Greeks too, proclaiming the good news of the Lord Jesus.

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 6:9

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.

Romans 16:13

Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother who was also a mother to me.