Mark 15:21 - Modern English Version

²¹ They compelled a man named Simon from Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, as he was passing through from the country, to bear Jesus’ cross.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ And they forced a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, who was coming in from the field (country), to carry His cross.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ And they compel one passing by, Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go with them, that he might bear his cross.

Common English Bible

²¹ Simon, a man from Cyrene, Alexander and Rufus’ father, was coming in from the countryside. They forced him to carry his cross.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ And they compelled a certain passerby, Simon the Cyrenian, who was arriving from the countryside, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to take up his cross.

Mark 15:21 Tagairtí Cros

Matthew 27:32

As they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. This man they compelled to bear His cross.

Matthew 5:41

And whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two.

Mark 15:20

When they had mocked Him, they took the purple robe off of Him and put His own garments on Him. Then they led Him out to crucify Him.

Luke 14:27

And whoever does not bear his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple.

Luke 23:26

As they led Him away, they seized Simon of Cyrene, who was coming from the country, and they laid the cross on him to carry it behind Jesus.

John 19:17

He went out, carrying His own cross, to a place called The Place of a Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha.

Acts 11:20

Some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they had come to Antioch, spoke to the Hellenists, preaching the Lord Jesus.

Acts 13:1

In the church that was in Antioch there were 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 regions of Libya near Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,

Acts 6:9

Then some men rose up from what is called the Synagogue of the Freedmen (Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and those from Cilicia and of Asia), disputing with Stephen.

Romans 16:13

Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother, who is like a mother to me.