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Luke 23:26

As the soldiers led Him away, they seized Simon of Cyrene on his way in from the country, and put the cross on him to carry behind Jesus.

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ASV

And when they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, and laid on him the cross, to bear it after Jesus.

KJV

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.

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19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ΚαὶKaiAndG2532 →
ὡςhōsasG5613 →
ἀπήγαγονapēgagonthey led awayG520 →
αὐτόν,autonHim,G846 →
ἐπιλαβόμενοιepilabomenoihaving laid hold onG1949 →
ΣίμωνάSimōnaSimonG4613 →
τιναtinaa certainG5100 →
ΚυρηναῖονKurēnaionfrom CyreneG2956 →
ἐρχόμενονerchomenonis comingG2064 →
ἀπ᾽ap᾽fromG575 →
ἀγροῦagrou[the] countryG68 →
ἐπέθηκανepethēkanthey put uponG2007 →
αὐτῷautōhimG846 →
τὸνtontheG3588 →
σταυρὸνstauroncrossG4716 →
φέρεινphereinto carryG5342 →
ὄπισθενopisthenbehindG3693 →
τοῦtou<the>G3588 →
Ἰησοῦ.¶IēsouJesus.G2424 →

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Matthew 16:24Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.Matthew 27:32–44Along the way they found a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross of Jesus.Matthew 27:32Along the way they found a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross of Jesus.Mark 15:21–32Now 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.Mark 15:21Now 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.Luke 9:23Then Jesus said to all of them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me.Acts 6:9But 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,Luke 14:27And whoever does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple.Acts 13:1Now 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.Acts 2:10Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome,Acts 6:6They presented these seven to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.John 19:16–17Then Pilate handed Jesus over to be crucified, and the soldiers took Him away.John 19:17Carrying His own cross, He went out to The Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha.Matthew 5:41and if someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles.

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