Mar 15:21 | PNT | STEP | They compel one Simon . . . to bear his cross . See notes on . Mark's account is almost parallel. Compare . Only Mark declares that Simon was the father of Alexander and Rufus. See . Simon, while a native of Cyrene in North Africa, was a Jew.

Mark 15:21

They compel one Simon . . . to bear his cross. See notes on Mt 27:32-56. Mark's account is almost parallel. Compare Lu 23:26-49 Joh 19:17-30. Only Mark declares that Simon was the father of Alexander and Rufus. See Ro 16:13 1Ti 1:20 Ac 19:33. Simon, while a native of Cyrene in North Africa, was a Jew.