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Matthew 27:32

Along the way they found a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross of Jesus.

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ASV

And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to go with them, that he might bear his cross.

KJV

And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.

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14 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ἘξερχόμενοιExerchomenoiGoing forthG1831 →
δὲdenowG1161 →
εὗρονheuronthey foundG2147 →
ἄνθρωπονanthrōpona manG444 →
ΚυρηναῖονKurēnaionof CyreneG2956 →
ὀνόματιonomatinamedG3686 →
Σίμωνα·SimōnaSimon;G4613 →
τοῦτονtoutonHimG3778 →
ἠγγάρευσανēngareusanthey compelledG29 →
ἵναinathatG2443 →
ἄρῃarēhe may carryG142 →
τὸνtontheG3588 →
σταυρὸνstauroncrossG4716 →
αὐτοῦ.¶autouof Him.G846 →

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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 23:26As 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.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.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,Acts 2:10Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome,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 11:20But 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.John 19:17Carrying His own cross, He went out to The Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha.Leviticus 4:12all the rest of the bull—he must take outside the camp to a ceremonially clean place where the ashes are poured out, and there he must burn it on a wood fire on the ash heap.1 Kings 21:13And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.Mark 8:34Then Jesus called the crowd to Him along with His disciples, and He told them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.Hebrews 13:11–12Although the high priest brings the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, the bodies are burned outside the camp.Leviticus 4:21Then he is to take the bull outside the camp and burn it, just as he burned the first bull. It is the sin offering for the assembly.Leviticus 4:3If the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, he must bring to the LORD a young bull without blemish as a sin offering for the sin he has committed.1 Kings 21:10But seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them testify, ‘You have cursed both God and the king!’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”Numbers 15:35–36And the LORD said to Moses, “The man must surely be put to death. The whole congregation is to stone him outside the camp.”Acts 7:58They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.Hebrews 13:13Therefore let us go to Him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace He bore.

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