Cross references

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.

Mark 15:21 BSB

Mark 15:21 has 9 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 3 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Matthew 27:32 (6 votes) and Luke 23:26 (6 votes). 11 other verses point back to it. It links with 7 other books, from Matthew 5 to Revelation 2.

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Which verses does Mark 15:21 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

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

  2. Luke 23:266 votes

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

  3. Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother, who has been a mother to me as well.

  4. Luke 14:272 votes

    And whoever does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple.

  5. Acts 2:102 votes

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

  6. Acts 6:92 votes

    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 disputed with Stephen,

  7. Acts 11:202 votes

    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.

  8. Acts 13:12 votes

    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.

  9. If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first. If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. …

Which verses point to Mark 15:21?

The 10 strongest of 11.