Mark 15:21

And they compel one Simon, a Cyrenian, who was passing by, coming from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

20And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put on him his own garments. And they lead him out to crucify him.

22And they bring him to the place Golgotha, which is interpreted, Place of a skull.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:41And whoever shall compel thee to go one mile, go with him two.

Luke 14:27And whoever does not bear his cross, and come after me, can not be my disciple.

John 15:18If the world hates you, ye know that it has hated me before it hated you.

Acts 6:9And there arose certain ones of the synagogue so called of the Freedmen[6:9], and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia and Asia, disputing with Stephen.

Acts 13:1AND there were at Antioch, in the church that was there, prophets and teachers; Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenean, and Manaen the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

Matthew Henry on Mark 15:16-22

Christ Insulted and Condemned. 15 And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified. 16 And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Prætorium; and they call together the whole band. 17 And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head, 18 And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews! 19 And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees… Read the whole commentary →

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