Saturday, March 26, 2016

John Malveaux: When Jesus stumbled while carrying his cross to Calvary, an African from Libya, Simon of Cyrene, took up Jesus' burden, per the Gospel of Mark

John Malveaux of 
writes:

An African played an important role at the time of Jesus' crucifixion. When Jesus stumbled while carrying his cross to Calvary, Simon of Cyrene, took up Jesus' burdenHis home town, Cyrene, Libya, was located in northern Africa. Mark, who wrote the Gospel of Mark, was also a man of Cyrene, a north African Jew like Simon of Cyrene.

John Malveaux

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