Mark 15:21

The Passion Translation

As they came out of the city, they stopped an African man named Simon, a native of Libya. He was passing by, just coming in from the countryside with his two sons, Alexander and Rufus, and the soldiers forced him to carry the heavy crossbeam for Jesus.

Cross References

Matthew 27:32

And as they came out of the city, they stopped an African man named Simon, from Libya, and compelled him to carry the cross for Jesus.

Matthew 5:41

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

Mark 15:20

When they finished ridiculing him, they took off the purple robe, put his own clothes back on him, and led him away to be crucified.

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 23:26

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.

John 19:17

Jesus carried his own cross out of the city to the place called “The Skull,” which in Aramaic is Golgotha.

Acts 11:20

However, some of the believers from Cyprus and Cyrene, who had come to Antioch in Syria, preached to the non-Jews living there, proclaiming the message of salvation in the Lord Jesus.

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 6:9

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.

Romans 16:13

And Rufus, for he is especially chosen by the Lord. And I greet his mother, who was like a mother to me.