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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Rufus (Man living at the time of the New Testament)
Son of Simon of Cyrene, the man made to carry the cross. Mark names him as someone his readers would know.
First, in plain English
Son of Simon of Cyrene, the man made to carry the cross. Mark names him as someone his readers would know.
Who this is
Rufus was the son of Simon of Cyrene, the man compelled to carry Jesus' cross to Golgotha; Mark names him alongside his brother Alexander as someone his original readers would recognize (Mark 15:21). Paul later greets a Rufus in Rome and calls his mother a mother to him as well, which many take to be the same family, since Mark's Gospel is traditionally linked to the Roman church (Romans 16:13).
study-bible (ACAI + Tyndale)
The word
G4504
Where it appears
- Romans 16:13
