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Matthew 27:32

SimonCyrene
The cross and atonement

30 Then they spit on Him and took the staff and struck Him on the head repeatedly.

31 After they had mocked Him, they removed the robe and put His own clothes back on Him. Then they led Him away to crucify Him.

Along the way they found a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross of Jesus.

33 And when they came to a place called Golgotha, which means The Place of the Skull,

34 they offered Him wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, He refused to drink it.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Along the way they found a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross of Jesus.
KJV
And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.
WEB
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.
ASV
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.
DARBY
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.
BLB
And going out, they found a man of Cyrene named Simon. They compelled him that he might carry His cross.
ÅB
Men mens de var på veien, traff de en mann fra Kyrene ved navn Simon; ham tvang de til å bære hans kors.
OTB
Mens de var på vei ut, fant de en mann fra Kyrene ved navn Simon, som de tvang til å bære korset.
B1930
Men mens de var på veien, traff de en mann fra Kyrene ved navn Simon; ham tvang de til å bære hans kors.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Mark 15:21

    Now Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the country, and the soldiers forced him to carry the cross of Jesus.

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  • Luke 23:26

    As the soldiers led Him away, they seized Simon of Cyrene on his way in from the country, and put the cross on him to carry behind Jesus.

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  • Matthew 16:24

    Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.

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  • Acts 6:9

    But resistance arose from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen, including Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and men from the provinces of Cilicia and Asia. They began to argue with Stephen,

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  • Acts 2:10

    Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome,

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  • Acts 11:20

    But some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks as well, proclaiming the good news about the Lord Jesus.

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  • Acts 13:1

    Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch), and Saul.

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  • Leviticus 4:12

    all the rest of the bull—he must take outside the camp to a ceremonially clean place where the ashes are poured out, and there he must burn it on a wood fire on the ash heap.

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