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Mark 15:21

And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross.

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ΚαὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἀγγαρεύουσινangareuousinthey compelἀγγαρεύω (angareuō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they compel”, an ongoing or repeated actionG29I impress (into my service), send (on an errand).they compelπαράγοντάparagontawho passed byπαράγω (paragō)verb, present active participle, accusative, singular, masculine — “who passed by”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3855I pass by, depart, pass away.who passed byτιναtinaoneτις (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “one”, the object formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.ΣίμωναsimōnaSimonΣίμων (simōn)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Simon”, the object formG4613Simon.Κυρηναῖονkurēnaionfrom CyreneΚυρηναῖος (kurēnaios)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “from Cyrene”, the object formG2956belonging to Cyrene, a Cyrenaean.ἐρχόμενονerchomenoncomingἔρχομαι (erchomai)verb, present middle participle, accusative, singular, masculine — “coming”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2064I come, go.comingἀπ’apout ofἀπό (apo)preposition — “out of”G575from, away from.out ofἀγροῦagroucountryἀγρός (agros)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “country”, the of-formG68a field, especially as bearing a crop; the country, lands, property in land, a country estate.the countryτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πατέραpaterafatherπατήρ (patēr)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “father”, the object formG3962father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior.This verse uses “father”.the fatherἈλεξάνδρουalexandrouof AlexanderἈλέξανδρος (alexandros)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of Alexander”, the of-formG223Alexander, a name of Greek origin, (a) son of Simon of Cyrene, (b) the High Priest's kinsman, (c) an Ephesian Jew, (d) the coppersmith.of Alexanderκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andῬούφουrhouphouRufusῬοῦφος (rhouphos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Rufus”, the of-formG4504Rufus, a Christian man in Rome, probably to be identified with the brother of Alexander and son of Simon of Cyrene.Rufusἵναhinatoἵναconjunction — “to”G2443in order that, so that.toἄρῃarēbearαἴρω (airō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “bear”, a single actionG142I raise, lift up, take away, remove.bearτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.σταυρὸνstauroncrossσταυρός (stauros)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “cross”, the object formG4716a cross.crossαὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And they impress a certain one passing by — Simon, a Cyrenian, coming from the field, the father of Alexander and Rufus — that he may bear his cross,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And they compel one passing by, Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go with them , that he might bear his cross.

Young’s Literal Translation

And they impress a certain one passing by — Simon, a Cyrenian, coming from the field, the father of Alexander and Rufus — that he may bear his cross,

World English Bible

They compelled one passing by, coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go with them that he might bear his cross.

Darby Translation

And they compel to go [with them] a certain passer-by, Simon, a Cyrenian, coming from the field, the father of Alexander and Rufus, that he might carry his cross.

Douay-Rheims

And they forced one Simon a Cyrenian who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and of Rufus, to take up his cross.

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