8 Bible Verses about Outward Compulsion
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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.
Simon a Cyrenian, a passer-by, who was coming from the country (the father of Alexander and Rufus), they commandeered to carry the cross of Jesus.
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.
"Said the master to his slave. 'Go out into the roads and the hedges, and make them come in, so that my house may be filled.
When Jesus perceived that they intended to seize him in order to make him a king, he retired again to the hill all by himself.
I am become a fool??ou have forced me to; for you yourselves ought to have been my vindicators. In no respect am I inferior to these superapostolic apostles, even though I am nothing.
Those who are trying to compel you to be circumcised are such as wish to make a fair show in the flesh, only that they may not suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.
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- Compulsion (9 instances)
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