Marcos 15:21

Filipino Cebuano Bible

21 Ug ilang gipugos sa pagpas-an sa iyang krus ang usa ka lumalabay nga nagsingabut sa siyudad gikan sa balangay, si Simon nga taga-Cirene, ang amahan nila ni Alejandro ug ni Rufo.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

they compel: Matthew 27:32, Luke 23:26

a Cyrenian: Acts 2:10, Acts 6:9, Acts 11:20, Acts 13:1

and Rufus: Romans 16:13

to bear: Luke 14:27, John 15:18-20

Reciprocal: Matthew 5:41 - compel Matthew 16:24 - and take John 19:17 - he Revelation 2:3 - hast borne

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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

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who passed by; as they were leading Jesus to be crucified:

coming out of the country; from some country village hard by, according to the Syriac, and Vulgate Latin versions; or out of the field, as the Persic and Ethiopic: he might have been in the field, about some rural business; or, as Dr. Lightfoot conjectures, to fetch wood from thence, which was lawful to be done on a feast day, with some provisos, according to the Jewish canon, which runs thus t;

"they may bring wood out of the field, (i.e. on a feast day, as this was,) of that which is gathered together, and out of a place that is fenced about, and even of that which is scattered abroad: what is a fenced place? whatever is near to a city, the words of R. Judah. R. Jose says, whatever they go into by a door, and even within the border of the sabbath.''

And according to the commentators u, it must be wood that is gathered together, and that lies not in an open field, but in a fenced place, and this near the city; at least with in two thousand cubits, a sabbath day's journey.

The father of Alexander and Rufus; who were men well known when Mark wrote his Gospel, and very likely men of eminence among Christians: mention is made of Alexander in Acts 19:33 and of Rufus, in

Romans 16:13, which some have thought the same as here; but whether they are or not, is not certain: however, they obliged "Simon"

to bear his cross: the cross of Christ, after him;

Romans 16:13- :.

t Misn. Betza, c. 4. sect. 2. u Maimon. & Bartenora in ib. Vid. Maimon. Hilch. Yom Tob, c. 2. sect. 14.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 21. A Cyrenian — One of Cyrene, a celebrated city in the Pentapolis of Libya.

The father of Alexander and Rufus — It appears that these two persons were well known among the first disciples of our Lord. It is not unlikely that this is the same Alexander who is mentioned, Acts 19:33, and that the other is the Rufus spoken of by St. Paul, Romans 16:13.