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Mark 15:21–22

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The Crucifixion

21dAnd they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross. 22eAnd they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull).

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Cross references

  1. dMatt. 27:32; Luke 23:26; [John 19:17]
  2. eFor ver. 22–38, see Matt. 27:33–51; Luke 23:32–38, 44–46; John 19:17–19, 23, 24, 28–30

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

A certain man from Cyrene, Simon, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the country, and they forced him to carry the cross. They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which means “the place of the skull”).

CSBChristian Standard Bible

They forced a man coming in from the country, who was passing by, to carry Jesus’s cross. He was Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus.

They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of the Skull).

NLTNew Living Translation

A passerby named Simon, who was from Cyrene, was coming in from the countryside just then, and the soldiers forced him to carry Jesus’ cross. (Simon was the father of Alexander and Rufus.) And they brought Jesus to a place called Golgotha (which means “Place of the Skull”).

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And they forced a certain man who was passing by, Simon of Cyrene (the father of Alexander and Rufus), who was coming from the country, to carry his cross. And they brought him to the place Golgotha (which is translated “Place of a Skull”).

KJV 1900King James Version

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 they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull.