Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And coming, they found a man, a Cyrenian, Simon by name; they compelled him that he should lift up his cross.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.
Holman Bible
As they were going out, they found a Cyrenian man named Simon. They forced this man to carry His cross.
International Standard Version
As they were leaving, they found a man from Cyrene named Simon, whom they forced to carry Jesus' cross.
A Conservative Version
And while coming out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. They drafted this man, so that he might take his cross.
American Standard Version
And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to go with them , that he might bear his cross.
Amplified
Now as they were coming out, they found a man of
An Understandable Version
As they were leaving [i.e., probably the city of Jerusalem], they met a man from Cyrene [Note: This was a city in the northern African country of Libya]. His name was Simon and they forced him to go with them so he could carry Jesus' cross [i.e., probably only the cross-beam portion].
Anderson New Testament
And as they were going out, they found a man of Gyrene, named Simon: this man they compelled to carry his cross.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Common New Testament
Now as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, and they compelled him to carry his cross.
Daniel Mace New Testament
As they were going along, they met a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: and compelled him to carry the cross.
Darby Translation
And as they went forth they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name; him they compelled to go with them that he might bear his cross.
Godbey New Testament
And going out they found a Cyrenean man, Simon by name: they compelled him that he should bear His cross.
Goodspeed New Testament
As they went out of the city they came upon a Cyrenian named Simon, and they forced him to carry Jesus' cross.
John Wesley New Testament
And coming out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.
King James 2000
And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And [as they] were going out, they found a man of Cyrene {named} Simon. They forced this man to carry his cross.
Modern King James verseion
And going out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. They forced this one to carry His cross.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, named Simon: him they compelled to bear his cross.
Moffatt New Testament
As they went out they met a Cyrenian called Simon, whom they forced to carry his cross.
Montgomery New Testament
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.
NET Bible
As they were going out, they found a man from Cyrene named Simon, whom they forced to carry his cross.
New Heart English Bible
As they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, and they compelled him to go with them, that he might carry his cross.
Noyes New Testament
And as they were going out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, whom they compelled to carry his cross.
Sawyer New Testament
And going out, they found a Cyrenian by the name of Simon, whom they compelled to bear his cross.
The Emphasized Bible
And, as they were going forth, they found a man of Cyrene, by name, Simon, - the same, they impressed to bear his cross.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And as they were going out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name; him they compelled to carry his cross.
Twentieth Century New Testament
As they were on their way out, they came upon a man from Cyrene of the name of Simon; and they compelled him to go with them to carry the cross.
Webster
And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they constrained to bear his cross.
Weymouth New Testament
Going out they met a Cyrenaean named Simon; whom they compelled to carry His cross,
Williams New Testament
As they were going out of the city, they found a Cyrenian named Simon, and they forced him to carry Jesus' cross.
World English Bible
As they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, and they compelled him to go with them, that he might carry his cross.
Worrell New Testament
And, coming out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they impressed to bear the cross.
Worsley New Testament
And as they were going along they met with a man of Cyrene, whose name was Simon; and forced him to carry the cross.
Youngs Literal Translation
And coming forth, they found a man, a Cyrenian, by name Simon: him they impressed that he might bear his cross;
Themes
Cross » The instrument of death
The death of Christ » Inflicted by the gentiles
Jesus Christ » History of » Is led away to be crucified (from jerusalem)
Punishments » Were inflicted » By soldiers
Simon » A man from the city of cyrene » Compelled to carry jesus' cross
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References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 27:32
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jesus Is Crucified
31 And when they mocked him, they put off from him the loose, warm cloak, and put on him his garments, and brought him away to crucify. 32 And coming, they found a man, a Cyrenian, Simon by name; they compelled him that he should lift up his cross. 33 And having come, to the place called Golgotha, which is called the place of the skull,
Cross References
Mark 15:21
And they constrain a certain Simon, a Cyrenian, passing by, coming from the field, the father of Alexander and Rufus, that he might take up his cross.
Luke 23:26
And as they led him away, seizing upon Simon, a certain Cyrenian, coming from the field, they laid the cross upon him, to carry after Jesus.
Acts 2:10
And Phrygia, and Pamphylia, Egypt, and parts of Lybia that near Cyrene, and Romans arriving as strangers, and Jews, and strangers,
Acts 6:9
And certain of them arose from the synagogue, called Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrian, and of them from Cilicia and Asia, seeking out with Stephen.
Acts 11:20
And certain of them were Cyprian and Cyrenian men, who having come to Antioch, spake to the Greeks announcing good news, the Lord Jesus.
Acts 13:1
And certain prophets and teachers were in the church being in Antioch; as Barnabas, and Simeon called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
Leviticus 4:3
If the priest being anointed shall sin according to the guilt of the people; and he brought for his sin which he sinned, a bullock, the son of a cow, blameless to Jehovah for the sin.
Leviticus 4:12
And he brought forth all the bullock to from without the camp to a clean place, to the pouring out of the ashes, and burnt it upon the wood in fire: upon the pouring out of the ashes it shall be burnt
Leviticus 4:21
And he brought forth the bullock from without the camp, and he burnt it as he burnt the first bullock: it is the sin of the assembly:
Numbers 15:35-36
And Jehovah will say to Moses, Dying, the man shall die: all the assembly stoned him with stones without the camp.
1 Kings 21:10
And set two men, sons of Belial, over against him, and they shall bear witness, saying, Thou didst praise God and the king. And they shall bring him forth and stone him, and he shall die.
1 Kings 21:13
And two men will come, sons of Belial, and they will set before him: and the men of Belial will testify against Naboth before the people, saying, Naboth praised Jehovah and the king. And they will bring him without the city, and stone him with stones, and he will die.
Matthew 16:24
Then said Jesus to his disciples, If any wish to come after me, let him deny himself absolutely, and lift up his cross, and follow me.
John 19:17
And they took Jesus, and led away: and bearing his cross he went out into a place called Kranium, which in Hebraic is called Golgotha:
Acts 7:58
And having cast out of the city, they stoned: and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man called Saul.
Hebrews 13:11-12
for of whom the blood of the living ones is brought for sin into the holies by the chief priest, the bodies of these are burned without the camp.