Verse 21

The Crucifixion The soldiers forced a passerby to carry his cross, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country(he was the father of Alexander and Rufus).

Referenced Verses

• Luke 23:26 : 26 The Crucifixion As they led him away, they seized Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country. They placed the cross on his back and made him carry it behind Jesus.
• Matt 27:32 : 32 The Crucifixion As they were going out, they found a man from Cyrene named Simon, whom they forced to carry his cross.
• Rom 16:13 : 13 Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother who was also a mother to me.
• Luke 14:27 : 27 Whoever does not carry his own cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.
• John 15:18-20 : 18 The World’s Hatred“If the world hates you, be aware that it hated me first. 19 If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you do not belong to the world, but I chose you out of the world, for this reason the world hates you. 20 Remember what I told you,‘A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they obeyed my word, they will obey yours too.
• Acts 2:10 : 10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene, and visitors from Rome,
• Acts 6:9 : 9 But some men from the Synagogue of the Freedmen(as it was called), both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, as well as some from Cilicia and the province of Asia, stood up and argued with Stephen.
• Acts 11:20 : 20 But there were some men from Cyprus and Cyrene among them who came to Antioch and began to speak to the Greeks too, proclaiming the good news of the Lord Jesus.
• Acts 13:1 : 1 The Church at Antioch Commissions Barnabas and Saul Now there were these prophets and teachers in the church at Antioch: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen(a close friend of Herod the tetrarch from childhood) and Saul.