Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.
They found
Cyrene
General references
Bible References
As
Leviticus 4:3
or if the anointed priest sins, thereby bringing guilt on the people, let him bring a young bull without defect as a sin offering to the LORD for his sin that he had committed.
Numbers 15:35
Then the LORD told Moses, "The man is certainly to die. The entire community is to stone him to death outside the camp."
1 Kings 21:10
Seat two wicked men in front of him, and make them testify against him. Tell them to claim "You cursed God and the king.' Then take him out and stone him to death."
Acts 7:58
ran him outside of the city, and began to stone him to death. Meanwhile, the witnesses laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul.
Hebrews 13:11
For the bodies of animals, whose blood is taken into the sanctuary by the high priest as an offering for sin, are burned outside the camp.
They found
Matthew 16:24
Then Jesus told his disciples, "If anyone wants to follow me, he must deny himself, pick up his cross, and follow me continuously.
Mark 15:21
They forced a certain passer-by named Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, who happened to be coming in from the country, to carry Jesus' cross.
Luke 23:26
As they led Jesus away, they grabbed Simon, a man from Cyrene, as he was coming in from the country, and they put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus.
Cyrene
Acts 2:10
Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, the district of Libya near Cyrene, Jewish and proselyte visitors from Rome,
Acts 6:9
But some men who belonged to the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), as well as some Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and men from Cilicia and Asia, stood up and began to debate with Stephen.
Acts 11:20
But among them were some men from Cyprus and Cyrene, who came to Antioch and began proclaiming the Lord Jesus even to the Hellenistic Jews.
Acts 13:1
Now Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius from Cyrene, Manaen, who grew up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul were prophets and teachers in the church at Antioch.
General references
Matthew 10:38
The one who doesn't take up his cross and follow me isn't worthy of me.
Hebrews 13:13
Therefore go to him outside the camp and endure the insults he endured.