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Cyrene

Cyrene, a city in North Africa, was the hometown of Simon, who carried Jesus' cross, and several early Christians mentioned in Acts.

The name Cyrene means “a wall; coldness; the floor”

PlaceNew Testament4 books7 verses

Summary

A location first mentioned at Matthew 27:32; referred to as Cyrene or Cyrenian (Κυρηναῖος) or Cyrene (Κυρήνη).

Location

Certainty
Widely agreed (100% of scholarship)
Coordinates
32.821° N, 21.851° E
Cyrene
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Glossary entries

Cyrene, Cyrenians

Alternative names

Mentions

  1. Matthew 27:32
    Along the way they found a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross of Jesus.
  2. 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.
  3. Luke 23:26
    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.
  4. Acts 2:10
    Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome,
  5. Acts 6:9
    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,
  6. Acts 11:20
    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.
  7. Acts 13:1
    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.