Rufus
Mentioned in AD 33 traditional (Jones)
Son of Simon. Mentioned in 1 verse, Mark 15:21.
Compiled from the tagged verses.
- Mentioned in the era of the New Testament, 4 BC to AD 100.
- Named in the same verses as Alexander and Simon.
Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).
Family
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Places
Places named in the same verses as Rufus, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.
- likely location: Cyrene1
Timeline
The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, AD 8–58, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.
Mentions
1 tagged verse in 1 book. Select a book to read its verses.
The name in each translation
| Text | Occurrences of each name |
|---|---|
| BSB | Rufus 2 |
| KJV | Rufus 2 |
| ASV | Rufus 2 |
Whole-word, case-sensitive count of the name string (regex \bName\b, so possessives like "Abraham's" count) across the whole Bible text of each translation; this counts the string, not the person, so other people who share the name are included and pronoun references are not. How Begat counts
Every verse
All 1 tagged verse, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.
Mark1 verse
- 15:21
Now Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the country, and the soldiers forced him to carry the cross of Jesus.