Luke 23:26

The Passion Translation

As the guards led Jesus to be crucified, there was an African man in the crowd named Simon, from Libya. He had just arrived from a rural village to keep the Feast of the Passover. The guards laid Jesus’ cross on Simon’s shoulders and forced him to walk behind Jesus, carrying his cross.

Cross References

Matthew 5:41

And should people in authority take advantage of you, do more than what they demand.

Luke 14:27

Anyone who comes to me must be willing to share my cross and experience it as his own, or he cannot be considered to be my disciple.

Luke 23:25

Then he released the guilty murderer Barabbas, as they had insisted, and handed Jesus over to be crucified.

Luke 9:23

Jesus said to all of his followers, “If you truly desire to be my disciple, you must disown your life completely, embrace my ‘cross’ as your own, and surrender to my ways.

Acts 13:1

In the church at Antioch there were a number of prophets and teachers of the Word, including Barnabas, Simeon from Niger, Lucius the Libyan, Manean (the childhood companion of King Herod Antipas), and Saul.

Acts 2:10

north central Turkey, southern Turkey, Egypt, Libyans who are neighbors of Cyrene, visitors from all over the Roman Empire, both Jews and converts to Judaism, Cretans and Arabs.

Acts 6:6

All seven stood before the apostles, who laid their hands on them and prayed for them, commissioning them to this ministry.

Acts 6:9

This upset some men belonging to a sect who called themselves the Men Set Free. They were Libyans, Egyptians, and Turks. They all confronted Stephen to argue with him.