This document is about Simon (of Cyrene). For other homonyms, please refer to the Simon document.
A man from Cyrene. When Jesus could no longer bear the cross, this Simon, who was nearby, was made to carry it.
Mark 15:21A certain man from Cyrene, Simon, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the country, and they forced him to carry the cross.
Matt 27:32As they were going out, they met a man from Cyrene named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross.
Luke 23:26As they led him away, they seized Simon, a man from Cyrene, who was on his way in from the country, and put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus.
Paul considered Rufus's mother to be his own mother in Romans, indicating she was a person of great influence in the church. Given the record in Mark's Gospel above, this likely refers to the wife of Simon of Cyrene.