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  • Luke 23:26
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 26 Now as they led him away, they seized a certain Simon of Cy·reʹne, who was coming from the countryside, and they placed the torture stake* on him to carry it behind Jesus.+

  • Luke 23:26
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 26 Καὶ And ὡς as ἀπήγαγον they led away αὐτόν, him, ἐπιλαβόμενοι having taken upon Σίμωνά Simon τινα some Κυρηναῖον Cyrenian ἐρχόμενον coming ἀπ’ from ἀγροῦ field ἐπέθηκαν they placed upon αὐτῷ him τὸν the σταυρὸν stake φέρειν to be bearing ὄπισθεν behind τοῦ of the Ἰησοῦ. Jesus.

  • Luke 23:26
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 26 Now as they led him away, they laid hold of Simon, a certain native of Cy·reʹne, coming from the country, and they placed the torture stake upon him to bear it behind Jesus.+

  • Luke 23:26
    The Bible in Living English
    • 26 And as they were leading him to execution they took one Simon, a Cyrenian, who was coming from the country, and put the cross on him to carry it behind Jesus.

  • Luke 23:26
    American Standard Version
    • 26 And when they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, and laid on him the cross, to bear it after Jesus.

  • Luke 23:26
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 26 And as they led him away they laid hold of a certain Simon, a Cyrenian, coming from the country,—they laid on him the cross that he might bear it after Jesus.

  • Luke 23:26
    King James Version
    • 26 And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.

  • Luke
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025
    • 23:26 it-1 565; jy 296; w92 7/15 6; gt chapter 124; gm 96

  • Luke
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 23:26 w77 719; ad 408; g65 3/22 27

  • Luke
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 23:26

      Insight, Volume 1, p. 565

      Jesus—The Way, pp. 296-297

      The Watchtower,

      7/15/1992, p. 6

      God’s Word, p. 96

  • Luke Study Notes—Chapter 23
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 23:26

      Cyrene: A city located in North Africa near the coast, SSW of the island of Crete. (See App. B13.) It may be that Simon, though born in Cyrene, later settled in Israel.

      torture stake: Or “execution stake.”​—See Glossary, “Stake”; “Torture stake”; see also Lu 9:23; 14:27, where the term is used in a figurative sense.

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