Bible Person
Meaning: red · Male · 1 cross reference
This Rufus entry refers to the Christian greeted in Romans 16:13, not to the son of Simon of Cyrene in Mark 15:21. He belongs to the network of ordinary believers whose faithful presence sustains the early church in Rome. First appears in Rom 16:13.1
AI summary: This Rufus matters because his single cross reference preserves Paul's affection for a believer who stands out within the Roman community. The entry also evokes the warmth of Christian kinship through the mention of Rufus's mother. Taken together, the material presents this Rufus as a beloved Christian in the Roman church.1
Central Figure
Rufus
Meaning: red
| Book | Cross-References |
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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.