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.
They compel
A cyrenian
And rufus
To bear
Bible References
They compel
Matthew 27:32
And as they went out they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, whom they compelled to go with them to carry his cross.
Luke 23:26
And when they led him away they took hold of Simon, a Cyrenean, who was coming in from the country, and laid the cross on him to carry it behind Jesus.
A cyrenian
Acts 2:10
in Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, and the district of Lybia around Cretans and Arabians,
Acts 6:9
But certain men from the so-called "Synagogue of the Freedmen" and certain Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, Cilicians, and men from Roman Asia, started to dispute with Stephen,
Acts 11:20
Some of them, however, were Cyprians and Cyrenaeans, who, on reaching Antioch, began to tell the Greeks also the Good News concerning the Lord Jesus.
Acts 13:1
Now there were in the church in Antioch prophets and teachers; Barnabas and Symeon, surnamed "the Black," Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen, the foster-brother of Herod the Tetrarch, and Saul.
And rufus
Romans 16:13
Salute Rufus, the chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.
To bear
Luke 14:27
"Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me, cannot be a disciple of mine.
John 15:18
"do not forget that it hated me first.