Bible Person
Meaning: red · Male · 1 cross reference
This Rufus entry refers to the son of Simon of Cyrene in Mark 15:21, not to the Christian greeted in Romans 16:13. He belongs to the passion narrative's remembered human setting. First appears in Mark 15:21.1
AI summary: This Rufus matters because his single cross reference ties the cross-bearing scene to a family remembered by name. The entry hints that the passion story remained connected to real households known among early believers. Taken together, the material presents this Rufus as the son of Simon of Cyrene in the Gospel narrative.1
Central Figure
Rufus
Meaning: red
| Book | Cross-References |
|---|---|
| Mark |
Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.