Place
Cyrene
Identified location. The site is known today and most scholars agree on it.
A Greek city near the coast of Libya with a Jewish community. Simon, who was made to carry the cross of Jesus, was "a man of Cyrene", and men of Cyrene were among the first to preach to Greeks at Antioch.
Who passed through
In story order. King James Version.
- Simon of Cyrene, Matthew 27:32
And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.
Place names, references and coordinates: STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), with coordinates from OpenBible.info. Map: Natural Earth (public domain).