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  • Matthew 27:32
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 32 As they were going out, they found a man of Cy·reʹne named Simon. This man they compelled into service to carry his torture stake.*+

  • Matthew 27:32
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 32 ᾿Εξερχόμενοι Going out δὲ but εὗρον they found ἄνθρωπον man Κυρηναῖον Cyrenian ὀνόματι to name Σίμωνα· Simon; τοῦτον this (one) ἠγγάρευσαν they impressed into service ἵνα in order that ἄρῃ he might lift up τὸν the σταυρὸν stake αὐτοῦ. of him.

  • Matthew 27:32
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 32 As they were going out they found a native of Cy·reʹne named Simon.+ This man they impressed into service to lift up his torture stake.

  • Matthew 27:32
    The Bible in Living English
    • 32 And as they were going out they found a Cyrene man, by name Simon: this man they requisitioned to take up his cross.

  • Matthew 27:32
    American Standard Version
    • 32 And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to go with them, that he might bear his cross.

  • Matthew 27:32
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 32 And as they were going forth they found a man of Cyrene, by name Simon,—the same they impressed to bear his cross.

  • Matthew 27:32
    King James Version
    • 32 And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.

  • Matthew
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025
    • 27:32 it-1 565; jy 296; w92 7/15 6; gt chapter 124

  • Matthew
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 27:32 w77 719; ad 408, 1504; g65 3/22 27; w48 238

  • Matthew
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 27:32

      Insight, Volume 1, p. 565

      Jesus—The Way, pp. 296-297

      The Watchtower,

      7/15/1992, p. 6

  • Matthew Study Notes—Chapter 27
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 27:32

      Cyrene: A city located near the North African coast, SSW of the island of Crete.​—See App. B13.

      compelled into service: See study note on Mt 5:41.

      torture stake: Or “execution stake.”​—See Glossary, “Stake”; “Torture stake”; see also study notes on Mt 10:38 and 16:24, where the term is used in a figurative sense.

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