Mark 15:21

The Text-Critical English New Testament

Now a certain man from Cyrene, Simon, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the countryside. The soldiers pressed him into service, forcing him to carry Jesus' cross,

Cross References

Matthew 27:32

As they went out, they found a Cyrenian man named Simon. They pressed him into service, forcing him to carry Jesus' cross.

Matthew 5:41

And if anyone presses yoʋ into service for one mile, go with him two.

Mark 15:20

When they had finished mocking him, they stripped him of the purple robe and put his own garments back on him. Then they led him out to crucify him.

Luke 14:27

And whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.

Luke 23:26

As the soldiers led him away, they took hold of Simon, a Cyrenian man who was coming in from the countryside, and they laid on him the cross, forcing him to carry it behind Jesus.

John 19:17

Carrying his own cross, he went out to a location called the Place of the Skull (which in Hebrew is called Golgotha).

Acts 11:20

But there were some Cypriot and Cyrenian men among them who went to Antioch and began speaking to the Hellenists, preaching the good news about the Lord Jesus.

Acts 13:1

Now at the church in Antioch there were certain prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon (who was called Niger), Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch), and Saul.

Acts 2:10

Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the districts of Libya that are near Cyrene; visitors from Rome (both Jews and converts to Judaism),

Acts 6:9

But some men from the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), along with some of the Cyrenians and Alexandrians, and some men from Cilicia and Asia, rose up and began to argue with Stephen.

Romans 16:13

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