Mar 15:21, Act 6:9, 11:20, 13:1 | ESV | STEP | 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 .

Mark 15:21

The Crucifixion

21 ^aAnd they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross.

Acts 6:9

9 Then some of those who belonged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia and Asia, rose up and disputed with Stephen.

Acts 11:20

20 But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who on coming to Antioch spoke to the Hellenists ^{▼▼Or Greeks (that is, Greek-speaking non-Jews)} also, ^cpreaching the Lord Jesus.

Acts 13:1

Barnabas and Saul Sent Off

1 Now there were in the church at Antioch ^dprophets and ^eteachers, ^fBarnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, ^{▼▼ Niger is a Latin word meaning black, or dark} Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a lifelong friend of ^hHerod the tetrarch, and Saul.