What Does the Bible Say About Who Helped Jesus Carry The Cross?

Luke 23:26 ESV / 6 helpful votes

And as they led him away, they seized one Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it behind Jesus.

Matthew 27:32-33 ESV / 6 helpful votes

As they went out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. They compelled this man to carry his cross. And when they came to a place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull),

Mark 15:21-22 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross. And they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull).

Numbers 7:1-89 ESV / 5 helpful votes

On the day when Moses had finished setting up the tabernacle and had anointed and consecrated it with all its furnishings and had anointed and consecrated the altar with all its utensils, the chiefs of Israel, heads of their fathers' houses, who were the chiefs of the tribes, who were over those who were listed, approached and brought their offerings before the Lord, six wagons and twelve oxen, a wagon for every two of the chiefs, and for each one an ox. They brought them before the tabernacle. Then the Lord said to Moses, “Accept these from them, that they may be used in the service of the tent of meeting, and give them to the Levites, to each man according to his service.” ...

John 1:42 ESV / 4 helpful votes

He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of John. You shall be called Cephas” (which means Peter).

Acts 2:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome,

Luke 23:27-31 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And there followed him a great multitude of the people and of women who were mourning and lamenting for him. But turning to them Jesus said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. For behold, the days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’ Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us,’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us.’ For if they do these things when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?”

Mark 15:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross.

Revelation 19:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords.

Revelation 12:1-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. She was pregnant and was crying out in birth pains and the agony of giving birth. And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven diadems. His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she bore her child he might devour it. She gave birth to a male child, one who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was caught up to God and to his throne, ...

1 John 4:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

1 John 4:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.

1 Peter 2:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.

1 Corinthians 15:1-58 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. ...

John 19:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And he went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called The Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha.

Genesis 1:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

Revelation 22:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

“I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you about these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.”

Revelation 19:13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called is The Word of God.

Revelation 5:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And one of the elders said to me, “Weep no more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.”

Revelation 1:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

Revelation 1:7 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen.

Hebrews 9:12 ESV / 1 helpful vote

He entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption.

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 1 helpful vote

For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

2 Corinthians 13:11 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Finally, brothers, rejoice. Aim for restoration, comfort one another, agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; ...

Romans 14:17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

John 11:25 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live,

John 10:11 ESV / 1 helpful vote

I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

John 3:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

John 3:1-36 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.” Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?” Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. ...

John 1:29 ESV / 1 helpful vote

The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

John 1:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

John 1:1 ESV / 1 helpful vote

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Luke 24:1-53 ESV / 1 helpful vote

But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared. And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel. And as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead? ...

34 Bible Verses about Who Helped Jesus Carry The Cross

Luke 23:26 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Matthew 27:32-33 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Mark 15:21-22 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Numbers 7:1-89 ESV / 5 helpful votes

John 1:42 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Acts 2:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Luke 23:27-31 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Mark 15:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Revelation 19:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Revelation 12:1-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 4:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 4:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Peter 2:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:1-58 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 19:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Revelation 22:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Revelation 19:13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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Revelation 1:7 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Hebrews 9:12 ESV / 1 helpful vote

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 1 helpful vote

2 Corinthians 13:11 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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Romans 14:17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 11:25 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 10:11 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 3:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 3:1-36 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 1:29 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 1:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 1:1 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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34 Bible Verses about Who Helped Jesus Carry The Cross

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Luke 23:26 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Matthew 27:32-33 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Mark 15:21-22 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Numbers 7:1-89 ESV / 5 helpful votes

John 1:42 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Acts 2:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Luke 23:27-31 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Mark 15:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Revelation 19:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Revelation 12:1-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 4:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 4:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Peter 2:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:1-58 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 19:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Revelation 22:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Revelation 19:13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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Hebrews 9:12 ESV / 1 helpful vote

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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Romans 14:17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 11:25 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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John 3:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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