{"id":29035,"date":"2015-12-17T12:05:09","date_gmt":"2015-12-17T19:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=29035"},"modified":"2015-12-17T12:05:09","modified_gmt":"2015-12-17T19:05:09","slug":"new-testament-343","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2015\/12\/new-testament-343.html","title":{"rendered":"New Testament 343"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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\"Simon<\/a>
Simon of Cyrene and the cross of Jesus
This is the fifth \u201cStation of the Cross\u201d in St. Raphael\u2019s Cathedral, Dubuque, Iowa
(Wikimedia Commons)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Matthew 27:31-32<\/a><\/p>\n

Mark 15:20-21<\/a><\/p>\n

Luke 23:26-32<\/a><\/p>\n

John 19:17<\/a><\/p>\n

Compare Matthew 27:38; Mark 15:27; John 19:18<\/p>\n

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Simon of Cyrene came from the city of Cyrene, a Greek colony in North Africa that had a very large Jewish-minority population. \u00a0Its ruins survive in today\u2019s Libya, and that region of the country is still often called Cyrenaica even today.<\/p>\n

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\"Cyrene<\/a>
The ruins of ancient Cyrene
(Wikimedia Commons; click to enlarge)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The fact that Simon\u2019s sons Alexander and Rufus are mentioned in Mark suggests that they were known to Mark\u2019s audience (possibly in Rome), and, very likely, that they (and perhaps Simon himself) had become Christians.<\/p>\n

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