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32 Now as they were coming out, they found a man of [a]Cyrene named [b]Simon, whom they forced into service [c]to carry the cross of Jesus.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 27:32 A port city in north Africa.
  2. Matthew 27:32 The father of Alexander and Rufus, disciples in Rome.
  3. Matthew 27:32 The crossbeam was usually placed on the nape of the neck like a yoke.

21 They forced into service a passer-by coming in from the countryside, Simon of [a]Cyrene (the father of Alexander and Rufus), [b]to carry His cross.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 15:21 A port city in north Africa.
  2. Mark 15:21 The crossbeam was usually placed on the nape of the neck like a yoke.

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