Cyrene

Jesus and Ganid gave first aid to a lad named Rufus, who had been injured by a breakdown. His father, Simon, little dreamed that the man whose cross he subsequently bore by orders of a Roman soldier was the stranger who once befriended his son. 130:6.6

Simon was the father of Rufus and Alexander from Cyrene. Both sons became very effective teachers of the new gospel in Africa. 187:1.9-10

In the Urantia Book

> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrene,_Libya

Bible parallels

Passages that the paragraphs cited above parallel, quote or reinterpret, from Duane Faw’s Paramony cross-references. Hover a reference to read it.

• Simon cross-bearer 130:6.6 — Mt 27:32; Mk 15:21; Lk 23:26.
• Bearing Jesus' cross 187:1.9 — Mt 27:32; Mk 15:21; Lk 23:26.

Where it appears

Cyrene is linked in 3 paragraphs of the text.

See also

• harbors