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Simon of Cyrene

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Simon of Cyrene
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Simon of Cyrene
February 7, 2015 at 6:24 am
... and his two sons: Alexander and Rufus.

There was a major Jewish uprising in Cyrene in 116 ad which was suppressed by the Romans. Then came the Simon bar Kochba led uprising in 131 ad. Simon was heralded as the Messiah by some of his followers. After Simon's death his son Rufus carried on resisting the Romans for a couple of years.

Simon (of Cyrene) "carried Jesus' cross".

The earliest authenticated references to Christians is found in a Jewish text written about 137 ad.

My thoughts are that someone used the tactic of commenting on current events by writing an historical novel ... set a 100 years earlier.
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Simon of Cyrene - by Newtonscat - February 7, 2015 at 6:24 am
RE: Simon of Cyrene - by Wyrd of Gawd - February 9, 2015 at 5:14 am
RE: Simon of Cyrene - by jesus_wept - February 9, 2015 at 6:28 am
RE: Simon of Cyrene - by Pyrrho - February 10, 2015 at 1:03 pm
RE: Simon of Cyrene - by robvalue - February 9, 2015 at 8:03 am
RE: Simon of Cyrene - by polar bear - February 9, 2015 at 11:19 am
RE: Simon of Cyrene - by Cyberman - February 9, 2015 at 11:48 am
RE: Simon of Cyrene - by watchamadoodle - February 9, 2015 at 11:19 am
RE: Simon of Cyrene - by robvalue - February 9, 2015 at 11:32 am
RE: Simon of Cyrene - by Minimalist - February 9, 2015 at 12:07 pm
RE: Simon of Cyrene - by Minimalist - February 10, 2015 at 1:16 pm



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