Rufus' brother was called Alexander, and the fact that we know about them strongly suggests that the three of them were well-known players in the Jesus movement. This in turn opens the possibility that the previous Rufus is the same as the Rufus to whom and whose mother Paul sends his greetings at the conclusion of his letter to the Romans. St. Mark writes: And [the Romans] compelled a passer-by, Simon of Cyrene who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross . St. Luke describes Simon as coming into Jerusalem from the country . Cyrene was a Greek town in the province of Cyrenaica, which is in the eastern part of modern-day.
It is what happened on that day in the full view of Alexander and Rufus that changed all of humanity and compels us today. You gotta pick one side or the other but there's only two sides and on that day, two boys are there to see it all because of the faithfulness of a father named Simon Listen Now! November 22, 2018 Mark 15:21-25. 21 A 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. 22 They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which means the place of the skull). 23 Then they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it. 24 And they crucified him He was the father of Alexander and Rufus. As he was about to pass by, the soldiers forced him to carry Jesus' cross. International Standard Version They forced a certain passer-by named Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, who happened to be coming in from the country, to carry Jesus' cross. Literal Standard Versio To Alexander Hamilton from Rufus King, 24 April 1793. From Rufus King1 The change which has happened will not perhaps justify us in saying the Treaties are void—and whether we may contend in favor of their suspension is a point of delicacy and not quite free from doubt. The authority of the present government is as extensive with.
Quintus Curtius Rufus When the eclipse happened, Alexander sacrificed to the Moon, Sun and Earth. Afterwards, Aristander prophesied that the eclipse was a sign that the showdown with Darius would take place that month and that Alexander's sacrifices showed that he - the Macedonian king - would triumph.. Commissioner Rufus Alexander has missed most of this year's meetings and submitted resignation July 19. Editor's Note: On Wednesday, July 28, Commissioner Rufus Alexander passed away at Treasure Coast Hospice. This story went to press before his passing. We offer our sincere condolences to the Commissioner's family and friends
Both Rufus and his mother are given high praise by Paul. Simon probably was dead, since no salutation is extended to him. Alexander may have been deceased as well, or perhaps living elsewhere, or maybe he was not a Christian. We simply do not know these details. There was a sense in which Paul regarded the mother of Rufus as his mother as well Rufus and Alexander were living witnesses who can vouch for what Mark wrote about their dad. The man who was forced to come face to face with Jesus that day left a lasting impression on Simon. That impression seems to have inspired his two sons to also take up Jesus' cross and follow after him
Simon was the father of Alexander and Rufus. When Paul wrote Romans, He mentions Romans 16:13 said to greet Rufus and his mother. He explains that Rufus' mother (it could be Simon of Cyrene's wife) was like a mother to him Rufus Turner was a semi-retired hunter who helped Bobby Singer when the latter's wife was possessed by a demon. He returned to active hunting after Lilith began to break the 66 Seals. Rufus died when Bobby, possessed by the Khan worm, stabbed him. Bobby and the Winchesters buried him in a Jewish cemetery. After his death, Rufus' soul ascended to Heaven to enjoy a peaceful afterlife. 1 History. Scott Rosson is a recurring character in the second and third seasons of the Gossip Girl television adaptation, and the love child of Lily van der Woodsen and Rufus Humphrey. He is portrayed by Chris Riggi. Scott appears in five episodes. 1 Television Series 1.1 Season Two 1.2 Season Three 2 Family 3 Trivia In It's a Wonderful Lie, Bart Bass learns of Scott's existence from his PI Andrew Tyler. More About History. Aristobulus, an early historian, architect, military engineer as well as a close friend of Alexander) later claimed that untying the knot was easy for Alexander; he removed what they call the pole-pin, with which the yoke-knot was held together, and then drew back the yoke.. We will never know what really happened in the palace in Gordium and whether Alexander managed to. Then it says in v 13 Salute Rufus, chosen in the Lord and his mother and mine. That is the only other place that the word Rufus is mentioned apart from Mark 15; Simon the father of Alexander and Rufus. Was Rufus chosen in the Lord? Yes, by circumstance of the dramatic way his whole family had come into contact with the gospel
The early traditions say Rufus and Alexander became missionaries and when he is writing to the church at Rome Paul greets a certain Rufus and his mother in Romans 16:13. What happened to Rufus' brother Alexander? In 1941 an archeologist discovered first century tombs of Cyrenian Jews in the Kidron Valley near Jerusalem This is deduced from the fact that Mark mentions the sons, Alexander and Rufus, by name (Mark 15:21), which seems to indicate that they were known figures in the early Church. His feast day is.
Rufus forced Anselm to accept the role of Archbishop of Canterbury. This caused Anselm much grief and resulted in a protracted disagreement between the Archbishop and the King. Rufus was impelled to acknowledge Urban II as pope; Anselm had supported Urban II from the beginning and when Rufus eventually called for Anselm's pallium (1095), that. To Rufus King 1. New York April 15. 1796. My Dear. A letter by yesterday's Post from our Friend Ames 2 informed me that the Majority (57 concurring) had resolved in a private Meeting to refuse appropriations for the Treaty. 3 A most important crisis ensues. Great evils may result unless good men play their card well & with promptitude and. Alexander and Rufus (15:21). His reference reveals that Alexander and Rufus were part of the Christian community there in Rome, which means somewhere along the line their family had come into contact with the gospel, which leads us to wonder if their father Simon was led to faith at the foot of the Cross The Bible states that Simon was the father of Alexander and Rufus, two sons who were doubtless known to the early believers who read the account written by Mark. What happened to Simon? In Acts 13:1, we meet the same name with a slightly different spelling On the morning of July 11, 1804, Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton met in Weehawken, New Jersey for a duel that would prove fatal for Alexander Hamilton. Burr was outraged over derogatory comments made by Hamilton regarding Burr's character at a dinner hosted by Judge John Tayler in March of 1804. These comments were recorded by a Dr. Charles D. Cooper who sent off an account to his friend.
Before winter term opened at the new medical college on Senate Avenue in September 1902, Rufus Cantrell and his gang of ghouls — employed by Dr. Joseph C. Alexander, a prominent white doctor who grew up in neighboring Hamilton County — scoured many Hoosier cemeteries, making quick nocturnal work of fresh burials Could it be that Alexander and Rufus became followers of Jesus and were known to the Christians in Rome who were the first readers of Mark's gospel? Could the Rufus of Romans 16:13 be the son of Simon of Cyrene? If so, then Simon's wife (the mother of Rufus) became a personal friend of the Apostle Paul The reason this may be the case is because in Mark 15:21 Simon is called the father of Alexander and Rufus. That's an unusual piece of information. I mean, it would be very odd for Mark to put that in unless he expected his readers to know who Alexander and Rufus were. And Mark is sometimes associated with Peter as a Gospel writer, and Peter.
American politicians Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804) and Aaron Burr (1756-1836) take aim in the duel that would end Hamilton's life, Weehawken, New Jersey. (Credit: Hulton Archive/Getty Images. 21 A 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. 22 They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which means 'the place of the skull'). 23 Then they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it. 24 And they crucified him. Dividing up his clothes, they cast lots to see.
Mark 15:21 - A 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. Luke 23:26 - As the. Omaha is a city in the U.S. state of Nebraska. It's the county seat of Douglas County, the largest city in Nebraska, and had a population of 466,893 as of 2018. Not much is said about Omaha, except that Bobby Singer and Rufus Turner went on a hunting trip and something went wrong. Bobby stated.. The Nature of Curtius Book Ten Chapter 1-10 For other posts in the series click here. Chapter One The Best Laid Plans According to Diodorus, Nearchus and Onesicritus rejoined Alexander while the latter was resting in Salmus, a seaside town in Carmania.Curtius says that the two men brought report 'based partly on hearsay and partly on their own observation' of an island 'close to the. Rufus Putman was sent in 1784 to survey the land, to organize the wilderness into townships for settlement. Here is a little about RUFUS PUTNAM, a talented and busy man! Rufus Putnam was born at Sutton, Massachusetts on April 9, 1738. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE LOTS SOLD IN ALEXANDER? Alexander had no settler by the land lottery. Apparently not. These negotiations are not mentioned by Curtius Rufus and Arrian, who state that the Macedonians prepared for battle when they approached Babylon ( History of Alexander 5.1.19 and Anabasis 3.16.3). More intriguingly, the Diary makes it clear that Alexander did not send Macedonian envoys, but Greeks
What happened to the Federalist Party after the war? and the death of Alexander Hamilton in 1804 led to the decline and collapse of the Federalist Party. Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Rufus King, John Marshall, Timothy Pickering and Charles Cotesworth Pinckney Mark tells us that this Simon is 'the father of Alexander and Rufus'; now the only reason Mark mentions their names must be that his church knows them. So something must have happened to Simon of Cyrene that day, to turn his sons into disciples Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), who led the Macedonian army to victory in Egypt, Syria, Persia and India, was perhaps the most successful conqueror the world has ever seen. Yet although no other individual has attracted so much speculation across the centuries, Alexander himself remains an enigma
What happened Rufus Stone? Here stood the oak tree, on which an arrow shot by Sir Walter Tyrrell at a stag, glanced and struck King William the Second, surnamed Rufus, on the breast, of which he instantly died, on the second day of August, anno 1100 Cortez Kennedy and Rufus Porter collect two sacks each to pace the defensive effort. 2002 - Shaun Alexander sets an NFL record by scoring five times in the first half of a 48-23 win over the Vikings at Seahawks Stadium. Alexander scores on an 80-yard screen pass as well as runs of 2, 20, 3 and 14 yards Quintus Curtius Rufus (REL. C) - lived in the 50s AD, in the reign of Claudius. Having witnessed the murderous excesses of Caligula and reprisals of Claudius, he became virulently opposed to the Roman Principate. Rufus chose to write a highly negative history of Alexander that deliberately portrays the young king as a Macedonian Caligula
Re: Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus. Post by Peter Kirby » Wed Apr 29, 2015 10:38 pm neilgodfrey wrote: We could probably extend the logic of this thought to other persons in the narrative The mention of Simon's sons, Rufus and Alexander, have also caused debate. Many ancient sources claim the two became missionaries. Some even went so far as to include the name Mark to imply Rufus was mentioned by Paul in Romans 16:13Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother, who has been a mother to me, too The student says she was ridiculed after running for prom princess and it came to a head with a big fist fight. The whole thing was caught on camera. I just wanted to make sure they were OK. There was a man from Cyrene coming from the fields to the city. The man was Simon, the father of Alexander and Rufus. The soldiers forced Simon to carry the cross for Jesus. They led Jesus to the place called Golgotha. (Golgotha means the Place of the Skull.) At Golgotha the soldiers tried to give Jesus wine to drink. This wine was mixed with. The 'Life of Alexander' and West Africa. There is evidence, argues Adrian Tronson, to suggest that the 13th-century Mali empire, and its ruler Sundiata, were strongly influenced by the life of Alexander the Great, 356-323 BC, an influence that was to be capitalised on in the late 1950s. Depiction of Mansa Musa, ruler of the Mali Empire in the.
The other major sources for Alexander's campaigns are the Universal History by the Greek historian Diodoros Sikeliotes (lived c. 90 - c. 30 BC), the Historiae Alexandri Magni by the Roman historian Quintus Curtius Rufus (lived c. first century AD), the Life of Alexander the Great by the Greek biographer Ploutarchos of Chaironeia (lived c. ALEXANDER AND THE AMAZON QUEEN 127 probably Cleitarchus.11 The proof of this thesis is the sameness of the queen's name, the location and the figures (300 armed women, 13 days). It is probable in view of Justin's description, that Trogus had taken the varian
Why did Mark identify Alexander and Rufus? Because Mark probably wrote his gospel from Rome, and his first readers may well have belonged to the Roman church. It is likely that they knew Alexander and Rufus. The apostle Paul said, Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine (Rom. 16:13). Who would the mother of Rufus be? The wife. Creating Order: Rufus King and the Nascent American Republic. by Keith Muchowski. Rufus King by Gilbert Stuart, 1820. (National Portrait Gallery) On the afternoon of April 30, 1789, George Washington stepped onto the balcony of the freshly-renovated and renamed Federal Hall on Wall Street in Lower Manhattan and took the presidential oath of. Via Dolorosa - Simon the Cyrenian (Sons are Rufus and Alexander) Mt 27:32. As they were going out, they met a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross. 33. They came to a place called Golgotha (which means The Place of the Skull). Simon the Cyrenian Carries Cross Mk 15:21
Rufus King was the most prominent Federalist during the waning days of the party. To be fair, John Marshall could also be considered the Last Federalist as he was still sitting on the Supreme Court five years after King's death Ask Rufus: The Passing of the Tombigbee Steamboats By Rufus Ward • February 16, 2019 The Steamer American was a 158-by-27.5-by-4.5-foot stern-wheeler in the Columbus-Tombigbee River trade from. Book 8.1-8 Translated in the Loeb Classical Library by J. C. Rolfe, and now in the public domain. Chapter 1. 1 Alexander, having brought the rock under his sway with more fame than glory, divided the army into three parts, since the roving nature of the enemy made it necessary for him to spread his forces about. He gave the lead of one part to Hephaestion, of a second to Coenus, and he himself. Rufus was markedly chivalrous and scrupulously correct in his dealings with social equals. His fair treatment of captives became something of a hallmark. He was also an innovative, naturally gifted and practical man, full of good ideas, with a down-to-earth, get-things-done persona
(Q. Curtius Rufus 3.10.4-10) Darius's army greatly outnumbered the Macedonians, but the Battle of Issus ended in a big victory for Alexander. Ten's of thousands of Persians, Greeks, and other Asiatic soldiers were killed and king Darius fled in panic before the Macedonian phalanx, abandoning his mother, wife, and children behind It is thus highly unlikely that Mark would have invented either the saying or what Simon did—especially considering that Simon's sons, Alexander and Rufus, were likely members of the church in Rome, to which Mark probably addressed his Gospel (Mark 15:21; Rom 16:13 specifically mentions Rufus), and could corroborate the account
Alexander Hamilton to Rufus King (August 20, 1787) New York, Aug. 20., 1787. Since my arrival here, I have written to my colleagues, informing them, that if either of them would come down, I would accompany him to Philadelphia. So much for the sake of propriety and public opinion. In the mean time if any material alteration should happen to be. They forced a certain passer-by named Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, who happened to be coming in from the country, to carry Jesus' cross. NET Bible The soldiers forced a passerby to carry his cross, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country (he was the father of Alexander and Rufus) Alexander the Great, King of Macedon from 336 - 323 B.C., may claim the title of the greatest military leader the world has ever known. His empire spread from Gibraltar to the Punjab, and he made Greek the lingua franca of his world, the language that helped spread early Christianity
According to Quintus Curtius Rufus and Diodorus Alexander hoped to vanquish Darius in single combat. In the days and weeks following the battle Alexander is said to have introduced the theme of the single decisive combat in an exchange of letters between him and Darius. The veracity of this correspondence cannot be established Since the time of Tarn, developments similar to those that have taken place in biblical studies have occurred in Alexander scholarship. The nature of the sources has become increasingly under question because we often don't have the means to verify which of Alexander's exploits actually happened or which were just part of an ancient pro-Alexander propaganda machine, the result of.
While Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr's 1804 duel is notorious in history and pop culture, a lesser-known deadly duel occurred three years earlier between Hamilton's oldest son, Philip, and George Eacker, a critic of Hamilton and supporter of Burr. Hamilton took great pride in his son's academic achievements. He wrote to him regularly while Philip wa Alexander is said to have had tawny hair that was golden-colored like a lion, and there are fair streaks in his representations in the Alexander mosaics, Fox says. But Oliver went with outright. Alexander the Great. Alexander the Great, also known as Alexander III or Alexander of Macedonia is known as one of the greatest generals in all history. Alexander was born in 356 B.C.E. in Pella, Macedonia, to King Philip II. As a young boy, Alexander was taught to read, write, and play the lyre. He developed a life-long love of reading and music Influential public leaders who accepted the Federalist label included John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Rufus King, John Marshall, Timothy Pickering and Charles Cotesworth Pinckney. All had agitated for a new and more effective constitution in 1787
Rufus Alexander is a former ranch manager who grew up on part of what became the Freeman Ranch. His father, Frank Alexander, became the first manager for the ranch in 1941. Originally, Frank Alexander owned 700 acres of what is now the Freeman Ranch but sold it to Gene Scrutchen, who owned the original San Marcos Chevrolet dealership Minnesota Governor Alexander Ramsey made his tender of 1,000 men for national service on April 14, 1861, the day after the surrender of Fort Sumter in South Carolina. Within two weeks, the First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment was filled with 1,009 men from St. Paul and nearby towns. Such was the patriotic fervor of Minnesota, which had. Mark 15:21. KJ21. And they compelled one Simon, a Cyrenian, the father of Alexander and Rufus, who was passing by, coming from the country, to bear His cross. ASV. And they compel one passing by, Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go with them, that he might bear his cross. AMP Rufus Wainwright has been un-following the rules since the openly gay multi-hyphenate released his first studio album in '98, a genre-bending debut album which earned a slew of accolades and awards from mainstream and queer organizations alike. Which makes the title for his eighth studio album Unfollow the Rules particularly apropos
As Rufus and Sam work together to learn the truth of their friend's death, they find themselves entangled in a web of lies, cover-ups, and accelerating danger. And when they witness a suspect killed in cold blood, they realize they're running out of time. REVIEW: Rufus is a confidential informant for a NYC detective A third writer on Alexander, who I didn't choose, is Plutarch, who wrote the life of Alexander the Great round about AD 100, so a little bit before Arrian. In one or two places in his book, he mentions episodes, and lists all the historians who report the event and those who denied it happened The Political Propaganda of Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson. The Democratic-Republican party was formed because of an ideological split between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson. James Madison, a life-long friend of Jefferson's, played a pivotal role in the formation of this party. By October 1791, Jefferson and Madison had. Aug 23 Rufus Ingalls, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Denmark, Maine (d. 1893) Aug 30 Alexander H. Rice, American businessman and politician, 30th Governor of Massachusetts (1876-78), born in Newton, Massachusetts (d. 1895 Arrian, Greek historian and philosopher who was one of the most distinguished authors of the 2nd-century Roman Empire. He was the author of a work describing the campaigns of Alexander the Great. Titled Anabasis, presumably in order to recall Xenophon's work of that title, it describes Alexander's
The ancient historian Quintus Curtius Rufus (most likely writing in approximately A.D. 50), listed several of these defensive traits that had remained intact as late as the siege by Alexander in 332 B.C Research by Branch Army Navy Marine Corps Air Force Coast Guard Research by War or Conflict The National Archives holds Federal military service records from the Revolutionary War to 1912 in the National Archives in Washington, D.C. Military service records from WWI - present are held in the National Military Personnel Records Center (NPRC), in St. Louis, Missouri
On This Day: January 25. On Jan. 25, 1915, the inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell, inaugurated U.S. transcontinental telephone service. On Jan. 25, 1882, Virginia Woolf, the British novelist, was born. Following her death on March 28, 1941, her obituary appeared in The Times At some time during the 1840's, Rufus Sigler made his way to Smith County, Texas. After the incorporation of the City of Tyler in 1847, elections were held in 1848, and Rufus B. Sigler was elected one of the first four aldermen for the city. An interesting note appeared in the Texas Union, published at San Augustine, Texas on July 15 Simon's act of carrying the cross , patibulum (crossbeam in Latin), for Jesus is the fifth or seventh of the Stations of the Cross . Some interpret the passage as indicating that Simon was chosen because he may have shown sympathy with Jesus . Mark 15:21 identifies Simon as the father of Alexander and Rufus One of the all-time greats. By Keith Edwards on 02-19-19. Famous Romans. By: J. Rufus Fears, and others. Life Lessons from the Great Books. By: J. Rufus Fears, The Great Courses. Narrated by: J. Rufus Fears. Length: 18 hrs and 16 mins. Original Recording It happened this way: Sometime after 36 C.E., but before 44 C.E., there were some men [Christians] of Cyprus and Cyrene [in North Africa] that came to Antioch and began talking to the Greek-speaking people, declaring the good news of the Lord Jesus.. 15. (a) What did the Jerusalem congregation do about this new situation, and why was their choice a judicious one
Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother, who has been a mother to me, too (Romans 16:13). The ripple effect! Simon's sons - told of their father's actions, which greatly impacted their lives. Rufus becoming a leader in the Church. May we, likewise, be obedient servants of Christ, influencing and impacting others Alexander Russo I grew up near Roscoe & Halsted in the 1970s, left for college and moved back in 2000, started this blog in 2005 (first on my own, then with Catalyst, and now with ChicagoNow. Alexander's courtiers jeered, but Alexander silenced them: If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes. This remark was as unexpected in Alexander as it would be in a modern leader. For the general reader, the book, redolent with gritty details and fully aware of Alexander's darker side, offers a gripping tale of Alexander's career
