Luke 23:26

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As the soldiers led him away, they grabbed a man named Simon from Cyrene, who was on his way in from the country. They put a wooden cross on his shoulders and made him carry it behind Jesus.

Cross References

Acts 6:9

But members of a group called the Synagogue of the Freedmen began to oppose him. Some of them were Jews from Cyrene and Alexandria. Others were Jews from Cilicia and Asia. They all began to argue with Stephen.

Acts 6:6

The group brought these men to the apostles, and they prayed for them and placed their hands on them.

Acts 2:10

Phrygia, or Pamphylia. Some of us are from Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene. Still others are visitors from Rome.

Luke 14:27

Whoever doesn’t carry their cross and follow me can’t be my disciple.

Luke 9:23

Then he said to all of them, “Whoever wants to follow me must say no to themselves, pick up their cross every day, and follow me.

Acts 13:1

In the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers. Among them were Barnabas, Simeon (also called Niger), Lucius from Cyrene, and Manaen, who’d been brought up with Herod, the ruler of Galilee. Saul was among them too.

Luke 23:25

He released the man they asked for, the one who had been thrown in prison for murder and for leading a revolt against the authorities. But he handed Jesus over to them so they could do what they wanted with him.

Matthew 5:41

Suppose someone forces you to go one mile. Go two miles with them.