they compel: Matthew 27:32; Luke 23:26
a Cyrenian: Acts 2:10, Acts 6:9, Acts 11:20, Acts 13:1
and Rufus: Romans 16:13
to bear: Luke 14:27; John 15:18-20
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Mark 15:21
Mark 15:21
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