Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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 rufus

Bible References

They compel

Matthew 27:32
As they were going out, they found a Cyrenian man named Simon. They forced this man to carry His cross.
Luke 23:26
As they led Him away, they seized Simon, a Cyrenian, who was coming in from the country, and laid the cross on him to carry behind Jesus.

A cyrenian

Acts 2:10
Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,
Acts 6:9
Then some from what is called the Freedmen’s Synagogue, composed of both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, and some from Cilicia and Asia, came forward and disputed with Stephen.
Acts 11:20
But there were some of them, Cypriot and Cyrenian men, who came to Antioch and began speaking to the Hellenists, proclaiming the good news about the Lord Jesus.
Acts 13:1
In the church that was at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen, a close friend of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

And rufus

Romans 16:13
Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord; also his mother—and mine.

To bear

Luke 14:27
Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.
John 15:18
“If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me before it hated you.

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