"And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to be…" — Mark 15:21

Mark 15:21 · KJV

“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.”

— Mark 15:21

Verse 20

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

Verse 22

And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull.

Mark 15 — Context

And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing {their} knees worshipped him.

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

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.

And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull.

And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received {it} not.

Cross References

Matthew 27:32

And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.

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.

Romans 16:13

Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.

Luke 14:27

And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

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.

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. {which...: or, Herod's foster brother}

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.

Acts 2:10

Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,