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'''Simon of Cyrene''' was, according to Christian tradition, a passerby at the [[Crucifixion of Jesus]].
*DICTIONARY: see [[Simon of Cyrene]]
*ANCIENT SOURCES: see [[Simon of Cyrene (sources)]]


==Overview==
Simon of Cyrene is mentioned only in Christian sources, in the Gospels of Mark, Matthew and Luke. He is introduced as a passerby who was compelled by the Romans to carry the cross of [[:Category:Jesus of Nazareth (subject)|Jesus of Nazareth]] on the way to [[Golgotha]]. Mark adds that "he was coming in from the country" (a detail reported also by Luke), and was "the father of Alexander and Rufus."


The character is absent in the Gospel of John.  
'''List of scholarly and fictional works on [[Simon of Cyrene]] (in chronological order).'''


==Simon of Cyrene in ancient sources==


====[[Gospel of Mark]]====
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Mark 15:21 -- '' [21] And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross.''
 
====[[Gospel of Matthew]]====
Matthew 27:32 -- '' As they went out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. They compelled this man to carry his cross.''
 
====[[Gospel of Luke]]====
Luke 23:26 -- '' And as they led him away, they seized one Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it behind Jesus.''
 
==Simon of Cyrene in Scholarship==
The lack of evidence makes any historical discourse on Simon of Cyrene virtually impossible.
 
==Simon of Cyrene in Fiction==
 
==Related categories==
 
==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_of_Cyrene Wikipedia]
 
[[Category:Subjects]]
[[Category:People]]

Revision as of 22:10, 21 October 2011


List of scholarly and fictional works on Simon of Cyrene (in chronological order).

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