Matthew 27:32

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And while they were coming out, they saw a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, and they made him go with them, so that he might take up his cross.

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  • Mark 15:21 : 21 And they made one, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, who was going by, coming from the country, go with them, so that he might take his cross.
  • Luke 23:26 : 26 And while they were taking him away, they put their hands on Simon of Cyrene, who was coming from the country, and made him take the cross after Jesus.
  • Acts 2:10 : 10 In Phrygia and Pamphylia, in Egypt and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and those who have come from Rome, Jews by birth and others who have become Jews,
  • Acts 6:9 : 9 But some of those who were of the Synagogue named that of the Libertines, and some of the men of Cyrene and of Alexandria and those from Cilicia and Asia, had arguments with Stephen.
  • Acts 11:20 : 20 But some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, when they came to Antioch, gave the good news about the Lord Jesus to the Greeks.
  • Acts 13:1 : 1 Now there were at Antioch, in the church there, prophets and teachers, Barnabas, and Symeon who was named Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, a relation of Herod the king, and Saul.
  • Heb 13:11-12 : 11 For the bodies of the beasts whose blood is taken into the holy place by the high priest as an offering for sin are burned outside the circle of the tents. 12 For this reason Jesus was put to death outside the walls, so that he might make the people holy by his blood.
  • Acts 7:58 : 58 Driving him out of the town and stoning him: and the witnesses put their clothing at the feet of a young man named Saul.
  • John 19:17 : 17 And he went out with his cross on him to the place which is named Dead Man's Head (in Hebrew, Golgotha):
  • Lev 4:3 : 3 If the chief priest by doing wrong becomes a cause of sin to the people, then let him give to the Lord for the sin which he has done, an ox, without any mark, for a sin-offering.
  • Lev 4:12 : 12 All the ox, he is to take away outside the circle of the tents into a clean place where the burned waste is put, and there it is to be burned on wood with fire.
  • Lev 4:21 : 21 Then let the ox be taken away outside the tent-circle, that it may be burned as the other ox was burned; it is the sin-offering for all the people.
  • Num 15:35-36 : 35 Then the Lord said to Moses, Certainly the man is to be put to death: let him be stoned by all the people outside the tent-circle. 36 So all the people took him outside the tent-circle and he was stoned to death there, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.
  • 1 Kgs 21:10 : 10 And get two good-for-nothing persons to come before him and give witness that he has been cursing God and the king. Then take him out and have him stoned to death.
  • 1 Kgs 21:13 : 13 And the two good-for-nothing persons came in and took their seats before him and gave witness against Naboth, in front of the people, saying, Naboth has been cursing God and the king. Then they took him outside the town and had him stoned to death.
  • Matt 16:24 : 24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him give up all, and take up his cross, and come after me.

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  • Luke 23:26-27
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    26 And while they were taking him away, they put their hands on Simon of Cyrene, who was coming from the country, and made him take the cross after Jesus.

    27 And a great band of people went after him, and of women making signs of grief and weeping for him.

  • Mark 15:20-22
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    20 And when they had made sport of him, they took the purple robe off him and put his clothing on him. And they took him out to put him to death on the cross.

    21 And they made one, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, who was going by, coming from the country, go with them, so that he might take his cross.

    22 And they took him to the place named Golgotha, which is, Dead Man's Head.

  • Matt 27:33
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    33 And when they came to the place named Golgotha, that is to say, Dead Man's Head,

  • Matt 27:28-31
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    28 And they took off his clothing, and put on him a red robe.

    29 And they made a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and put a rod in his right hand, and they went down on their knees before him, and made sport of him, saying, Long life to the King of the Jews.

    30 And they put shame on him, and gave him blows on the head with the rod.

    31 And when they had made sport of him, they took the robe off him, and put his clothing on him, and took him away to put him on the cross.

  • John 19:16-18
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    16 So then he gave him up to them to be put to death on the cross. And they took Jesus away;

    17 And he went out with his cross on him to the place which is named Dead Man's Head (in Hebrew, Golgotha):

    18 Where they put him on the cross with two others, one on this side and one on that, and Jesus in the middle.

  • Luke 23:32-34
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    32 And two others, evil-doers, were taken with him to be put to death.

    33 And when they came to the place which is named Golgotha, they put him on the cross, and the evil-doers, one on the right side, and the other on the left.

    34 And Jesus said, Father, let them have forgiveness, for they have no knowledge of what they are doing. And they made division of his clothing among them by the decision of chance.

  • Matt 27:35-40
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    35 And when they had put him on the cross, they made division of his clothing among them by the decision of chance.

    36 And they were seated there watching him.

    37 And they put up over his head the statement of his crime in writing, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

    38 Then two thieves were put on crosses with him, one on the right and one on the left.

    39 And those who went by said bitter words to him, shaking their heads and saying,

    40 You who would give the Temple to destruction and put it up again in three days, get yourself free: if you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.

  • Matt 27:26
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    26 Then he let Barabbas go free: but after having Jesus whipped, he gave him up to be put to death on the cross.

  • Mark 15:13
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    13 And they said again loudly, To the cross with him!

  • Mark 15:32
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    32 Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and have belief. And those who were put on crosses with him said evil things against him.

  • Mark 15:27-30
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    27 And they put two thieves on crosses with him, one on his right side, and one on his left.

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    29 And those who went by made sport of him, shaking their heads, and saying, Ha! you who give the Temple to destruction, and put it up again in three days,

    30 Keep yourself from death, and come down from the cross.

  • Mark 15:24-25
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    24 And he was nailed to the cross; and they made a division of his clothing among them, putting to the decision of chance what everyone was to take.

    25 And it was the third hour when they put him on the cross.

  • Acts 21:35
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    35 And when he came on to the steps, he was lifted up by the armed men, because of the force of the people;

  • Acts 13:29
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    29 And when they had done all the things said in the Writings about him, they took him down from the tree, and put him in the place of the dead.

  • Mark 1:36
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    36 And Simon and those who were with him came after him.

  • Matt 27:2
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    2 And they put cords on him and took him away, and gave him up to Pilate, the ruler.

  • Mark 8:34
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    34 And turning to the mass of people with his disciples, he said to them, If any man has the desire to come after me, let him give up all other desires, and take up his cross and come after me.

  • Luke 23:21
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    21 But crying out they said, To the cross with him!

  • Luke 14:27
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    27 Whoever does not take up his cross and come after me may not be my disciple.

  • Mark 15:17
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    17 And they put a purple robe on him, and twisting a crown of thorns, they put it on him;

  • Matt 27:22-23
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    22 Pilate says to them, What, then, am I to do with Jesus, who is named Christ? They all say, Let him be put to death on the cross.

    23 And he said, Why, what evil has he done? But they gave loud cries, saying, To the cross with him!

  • John 19:5
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    5 Then Jesus came out with the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said to them, Here is the man!

  • Matt 20:19
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    19 And will give him up to the Gentiles to be made sport of and to be whipped and to be put to death on the cross: and the third day he will come back again from the dead.

  • Matt 16:24
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    24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him give up all, and take up his cross, and come after me.

  • Luke 9:23
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    23 And he said to them all, If any man has a desire to come after me, let him give up all, and take up his cross every day, and come after me.

  • Luke 19:36
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    36 And while he went on his way they put their clothing down on the road in front of him.

  • John 18:40
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    40 Then again they gave a loud cry, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was an outlaw.

  • Matt 27:44
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    44 And the thieves who were on the crosses said evil words to him.

  • Matt 27:16
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    16 And they had then an important prisoner, whose name was Barabbas.

  • Luke 18:33
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    33 And he will be given cruel blows and put to death, and on the third day he will come back to life.