Mark 15:21

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A man from Cyrene named Simon (he’s the father of Alexander and Rufus) was coming in from the country. When he went past the soldiers who were leading Jesus away, they stopped him and forced him to carry the cross.

Cross References

Luke 23:26

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.

Matthew 27:32

On their way out of the city, they met a man from Cyrene named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross.

Romans 16:13

Greet Rufus, a chosen believer in the Lord, and greet his mother, who has been a mother to me too.

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.

Acts 11:20

But other believers from Cyprus and Cyrene went to Antioch and began to speak to Greeks also. They told them the good news about the Lord Jesus.

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 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.

Mark 15:20

After they had made fun of him, they took off the purple robe and put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him out to nail him to a cross.

John 19:17

Carrying his own cross, he went out to a place called the Skull. (In the Hebrew language it was called Golgotha.)

Matthew 5:41

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