Cyrene

How Nave’s arranged it

• A city in LibyaActs 2:10
• Contained a synagogueActs 6:9
• Simon and Lucius belonged toMark 15:21Acts 11:20Acts 13:1

The passages, in Bible order (5)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 5 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. 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.

   ›Commentary on Mark 15:212 voices

   “Christ, moreover, he affirms to have been sent, not by this maker of the world, but by the above-named Abraxas; and to have come in a phantasm, and been destitute of the substance of flesh: that it was not He who suffered among the Jews, but that Simon was crucified in His stead: whence, again, there must be no believing on him who was crucified, lest one confess to having believed on Simon.

   “And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian,....

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2. Acts 2:10

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

   ›Commentary on Acts 2:102 voices

   “And Roman sojourners. It would be more correctly rendered in Greek as And Roman wanderers, that is, Jews who were living in Rome as foreigners, just as others elsewhere, as mentioned above. For it is shown in the following verse that among those present were …

   “Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt,.... Phrygia was a country in Asia, and had part of Galatia on the north, Lycaonia, Pisidia, and Mygdonia on the south, and on the east Cappadocia (x); here the Apostle Paul afterwards travelled, and strengthened the Christians; see Act 16:6. Pamphylia, now called Setilia, is another country in Asia, formerly called Mopsopia (y); which had on the west Lycia, and part of Asia, on the north Galatia, on the east Cilicia, and part of Cappadocia, and on the south the sea of Pamphylia (z), of which mention is made in Act 27:

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3. 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,

   ›Commentary on Acts 6:92 voices

   "They entered into a dispute with Stephen." In irritation and anger they argue in order to force him to say something. And he, perhaps, was speaking very openly and was talking about the cessation of the law, or rather, he was not speaking directly but …

   “Then there arose certain of the synagogue,....

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4. 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.

   ›Commentary on Acts 11:202 voices

   "They spoke to the Greeks." Perhaps they were called Greeks because they did not know Hebrew.

   “And some of them were men of Cyprus,....

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5. 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.

   ›Commentary on Acts 13:12 voices

   “He mentions Barnabas first, since Paul had not yet become famous and had not yet performed any sign. But it should be noted that both Paul and Barnabas were numbered among the rank of the apostles. "Manaen, who had been brought up with Herod the …

   “Now there were in the church that was at Antioch,....

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