Bible Dictionary

Rufus

Red, the son of Simon the Cyrenian (Mark 15:21), whom the Roman soldiers compelled to carry the cross on which our Lord was crucified. Probably it is the same person who is again mentioned in Rom. 16…

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

Red, the son of Simon the Cyrenian (Mark 15:21), whom the Roman soldiers compelled to carry the cross on which our Lord was crucified. Probably it is the same person who is again mentioned in Rom. 16:13 as a disciple at Rome, whose mother also was a Christian held in esteem by the apostle. Mark mentions him along with his brother Alexander as persons well known to his readers (Mark 15:21).

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(red) is mentioned in (Mark 15:21) as a son of Simon the Cyrenian. ” This Rufus was probably identical with the one to whom Mark refers.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary

RU'FUS (red), a Christian to whom Paul sent his salutation, Rom 16:13; probably identical with Rufus, the son of Simon the Cyrenian. Mark 15:21.

Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)

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