Topic
Cyrenian; Cyrenians
3 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Mark 15:21ISBE
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.
- Luke 23:26ISBE
And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.
- Acts 13:1ISBE
Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 4 references
si-re'-ni-an (Kurenaios, "a native or inhabitant of Cyrene"): Two Jews of Cyrene are mentioned in the New Testament, namely, Simon (Mr 15:21 and Lu 23:26 the King James Version) who was impressed to bear the Lord's cross (Mr 15:21 the Revised Version, margin), and Lucius, a Christian teacher at Antioch (Ac 13:1). See CYRENE; LUCIUS; SIMON. For Cyrenians see CYRENE.
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.