Mark 15:21

AND they constrained one who was passing, Shemun Kurinoia, who was coming from the field, the father of Alexander and of Rufus, to bear his cross.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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 stripped him of the purple, and clothed him with his own vestments, and led him forth to crucify him.

22And they brought him to Gogultha, a place which is interpreted A skull.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:41and if a man compel thee one mile, go with him twain.

Luke 14:27And whoever doth not take up his cross and come after me, a disciple he cannot be of mine.

John 15:18And if the world hate you, know that, before you, it hated me.

Acts 6:9And men arose from the congregation which was called Libertinu, Kyrainoyee, and Aleksandroyee, and from Cilicia, and from Asia, and disputed with Estephanos,

Acts 13:1But there were in the church of Antiokia prophets and teachers, Bar Naba and Shemun who was called Niger, and Lukios who was from the city of Kyrene, and Manael, a fosterbrother of Herodes Tetrarka, and Shaol.

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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