Cyrene
Where Cyrene sits on the map, and the 7 verses where it appears, in biblical order and linked to the full chapter.
- Coordinates
- 32.8209, 21.8512
- Mentions
- 7 mentions
Coordinates and the modern identification come from the open atlas at OpenBible.info. For regions, peoples and large features there is no identification: the marked point only places the area on the map, and stands for neither a particular site nor its boundaries.
Passages where it appears
7 verses, in biblical order.
Matthew
- Matthew 27:32
But as they were going out, they came upon a man of Cyrene, named Simon, whom they compelled to take up his cross.
Mark
- Mark 15:21
And they compelled a certain passerby, Simon the Cyrenian, who was arriving from the countryside, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to take up his cross.
Luke
- Luke 23:26
And as they were leading him away, they apprehended a certain one, Simon of Cyrene, as he was returning from the countryside. And they imposed the cross on him to carry after Jesus.
Acts
- Acts 2:10
Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya which are around Cyrene, and new arrivals of the Romans,
- Acts 6:9
But certain ones, from the synagogue of the so-called Libertines, and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of those who were from Cilicia and Asia rose up and were disputing with Stephen.
- Acts 11:20
But some of these men from Cyprus and Cyrene, when they had entered into Antioch, were speaking also to the Greeks, announcing the Lord Jesus.
- Acts 13:1
Now there were, in the Church at Antioch, prophets and teachers, among whom were Barnabas, and Simon, who was called the Black, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manahen, who was the foster brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.