Mark 15:21
"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."
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- Matthew 27:32
"And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross."
Read in chapter → - Luke 23:26
"And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus."
Read in chapter → - Romans 16:13
"Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine."
Read in chapter → - Acts 13:1
"Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul."
Read in chapter → - Acts 6:9
"Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen."
Read in chapter → - Acts 2:10
"Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,"
Read in chapter → - Acts 11:20
"And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when they were come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, preaching the Lord Jesus."
Read in chapter → - Luke 14:27
"And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple."
Read in chapter → - John 15:18
"If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you."
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