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Mark 15:21–22

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21aAnd they *pressed into service a passer-by coming from the countryside, Simon of Cyrene (the father of Alexander and bRufus), to carry His cross.

The Crucifixion

22aThen they *brought Him to the place bGolgotha, which is translated, Place of a Skull.

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Footnotes

  1. *Marks verbs that are historical presents in the Greek which have been translated with an English past tense in order to conform to modern usage.

Cross references

  1. aMark 15:21: Matt 27:32; Luke 23:26
  2. bRom 16:13
  3. aMark 15:22–32: Matt 27:33–44; Luke 23:33–43; John 19:17–24
  4. bLuke 23:33; John 19:17

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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

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.