Mark 15:21

And they compelled a passer-by, Simon the Cyrenian, the father of Alexander and Rufus, who was coming from the fields, to bear his cross.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 having mocked him, they divested him of the purple, and clothed him in his own garments, and led him forth to crucify him.

22And they brought him to Golgotha, the place which is interpreted a Skull.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:41Whoever compelleth thee to go one mile, go with him two.

Luke 14:27And he that doth not take up his cross and come after me, cannot become a disciple to me.

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

Acts 6:9And there rose up some of the synagogue which is called that of the freed men, Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and persons from Cilicia and from Asia; and they disputed with Stephen.

Acts 13:1Now there were in the church at Antioch, several prophets and teachers; Barnabas, and Simon called Niger, and Lucius who was from the city Cyrene, and Menaen, a son of the guardians 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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