Rufus
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
RUFUS.1. The brother of Alexander and son of Simon of Cyrene (Mar_15:21 only). 2. A Christian at Rome greeted by St. Paul (Rom_16:13) as the chosen in the Lord, together with his mother and mine. It has been conjectured that these two are the same person, that Simons widow (?) had emigrated to Rome with her two sons, where they became people of eminence in the Church, and that this is the reason why the brothers are mentioned by St. Mark, who probably wrote in Rome.
A. J. Maclean.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Son of Simon the Cyrenian who bore Christ's cross. Mark (Mar_15:21) wrote at Rome (Clemens Alex.). Now if "Rufus (whom Paul salutes as at Rome) chosen in the Lord" (Rom_16:13) be the same Rufus as Mark mentions in writing a Gospel for the Romans, the undesigned coincidence will account for what otherwise would be gratuitous information to his readers, that Simon was "father of Rufus," which the other evangelists omit, and which Mark himself seemingly turns to no advantage.
Rufus according to Paul was a disciple of note at Rome; how natural then to designate Simon, who was unknown, to the Romans by his fatherhood to one whom they well knew, Rufus! Mark gives the Romans whom he addresses a reference for the truth of the narrative of Christ's crucifixion and resurrection to one who was accessible to them all, and who could attest the facts on the authority of his own father, the reluctant bearer of the Lord's cross (Luk_23:26). The "compelling" of him to bear the cross issued in his voluntarily taking up his own cross to follow Jesus; then through Simon followed his wife's conversion, and that of Rufus whose mother by nature she was, as she was Paul's mother by kindnesses bestowed for Christ's sake. "Salute Rufus ... and his mother and mine."
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Ru'fus. (red). Rufus is mentioned in Mar_15:21, as a son of Simon, the Cyrenian. Luk_23:26. (A.D. 29). Again, in Rom_16:13, the apostle Paul salutes a Rufus, whom he designates as "elect in the Lord." This Rufus was probably identical with the one to whom Mark refers.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
rōō?fus (Ῥοῦφος, Rhoúphos): The name is mentioned twice: (1) Simon of Cyrene, who was compelled to bear the cross of Jesus, is ?the father of Alexander and Rufus? (Mar_15:21); (2) Paul sends greetings to Roman Christians, ?Rufus the chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine? (Rom_16:13). Rufus was well known among those for whom Mark primarily wrote his Gospel, and according to tradition this was the Christian community at Rome. There seems no reason to doubt, therefore, that the Rufus of Mark and the Rufus of Paul are the same person. The name, meaning ?red,? ?reddish,? was, however, one of the commonest of slave names; the identification of these two is therefore merely a conjecture. The Rufus whom Paul greets is ?the chosen in the Lord,? i.e. ?that choice Christian? (Denhey). Since all Christians are ?chosen,? this title must express some distinction. The mother of Rufus had played the mother's part to Paul on some occasion of which we are ignorant, hence the phrase ?his mother and mine? (compare Mar_10:30).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Ru?fus. A person of this name was one of the sons of Simon the Cyrenian, who was compelled to bear the cross of Christ (Mar_15:21): he is supposed to be the same with the Rufus to whom Paul, in writing to the Romans, sends his greeting in the remarkable words, 'Salute Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine' (Rom_16:13). He is said to have been one of the seventy disciples, and eventually to have had charge of the church at Thebes.
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.
Rufus
(Lat. for red, Graecized ῾Ροῦφος) is mentioned in Mar_15:21, along with Alexander, as a son of Simon the Cyrenmean, whom the Jews compelled to bear the cross of Jesus on the way to Golgotha (Luk_23:26). A.D. 29. As the evangelist informs his readers who Simon was by naming the sons, it is evident that the latter were better known than the father in the circle of Christians where Mark lived. Again, in Rom_16:13, the apostle Paul salutes a Rufus whom he designates as elect in the Lord (ἐκλεκτὸν ἐν Κυρίῳ), and whose mother he gracefully recognizes as having earned a mother's claim upon himself by acts of kindness shown to him. A.D. 55. It is generally supposed that this Rufus was identical with the one to whom Mark refers; and in that case, as Mark wrote his gospel in all probability at Rome, it was natural that he should describe to his readers the father (who, since the mother was at Rome, while he, apparently, was not there, may have died or have come later to that city), from his relationship to two well known members of the same community. It is some proof at least of the early existence of this view that in the Acta Andrew et Petri both Rufus and Alexander appear as companions of Peter in Rome. Assuming, then, that the same person is meant in the two passages, we have before us an interesting group of believers a father (for we can hardly doubt that Simon became a Christian, if he was not already such, at the time of the crucifixion), a mother, and two brothers, all in the same family. Yet we are to bear in mind that Rufus was not an uncommon name (Wettstein, Nov. Test. 1, 634); and possibly, therefore, Mark and Paul may have had in view different individuals. Smith. The name is Roman, but the man was probably of Hebrew origin. He is said to have been one of the seventy disciples, and eventually to have had charge of the Church at Thebes.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
RUFUS.1. The brother of Alexander and son of Simon of Cyrene (Mar_15:21 only). 2. A Christian at Rome greeted by St. Paul (Rom_16:13) as the chosen in the Lord, together with his mother and mine. It has been conjectured that these two are the same person, that Simons widow (?) had emigrated to Rome with her two sons, where they became people of eminence in the Church, and that this is the reason why the brothers are mentioned by St. Mark, who probably wrote in Rome.
A. J. Maclean.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Son of Simon the Cyrenian who bore Christ's cross. Mark (Mar_15:21) wrote at Rome (Clemens Alex.). Now if "Rufus (whom Paul salutes as at Rome) chosen in the Lord" (Rom_16:13) be the same Rufus as Mark mentions in writing a Gospel for the Romans, the undesigned coincidence will account for what otherwise would be gratuitous information to his readers, that Simon was "father of Rufus," which the other evangelists omit, and which Mark himself seemingly turns to no advantage.
Rufus according to Paul was a disciple of note at Rome; how natural then to designate Simon, who was unknown, to the Romans by his fatherhood to one whom they well knew, Rufus! Mark gives the Romans whom he addresses a reference for the truth of the narrative of Christ's crucifixion and resurrection to one who was accessible to them all, and who could attest the facts on the authority of his own father, the reluctant bearer of the Lord's cross (Luk_23:26). The "compelling" of him to bear the cross issued in his voluntarily taking up his own cross to follow Jesus; then through Simon followed his wife's conversion, and that of Rufus whose mother by nature she was, as she was Paul's mother by kindnesses bestowed for Christ's sake. "Salute Rufus ... and his mother and mine."
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Ru'fus. (red). Rufus is mentioned in Mar_15:21, as a son of Simon, the Cyrenian. Luk_23:26. (A.D. 29). Again, in Rom_16:13, the apostle Paul salutes a Rufus, whom he designates as "elect in the Lord." This Rufus was probably identical with the one to whom Mark refers.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
rōō?fus (Ῥοῦφος, Rhoúphos): The name is mentioned twice: (1) Simon of Cyrene, who was compelled to bear the cross of Jesus, is ?the father of Alexander and Rufus? (Mar_15:21); (2) Paul sends greetings to Roman Christians, ?Rufus the chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine? (Rom_16:13). Rufus was well known among those for whom Mark primarily wrote his Gospel, and according to tradition this was the Christian community at Rome. There seems no reason to doubt, therefore, that the Rufus of Mark and the Rufus of Paul are the same person. The name, meaning ?red,? ?reddish,? was, however, one of the commonest of slave names; the identification of these two is therefore merely a conjecture. The Rufus whom Paul greets is ?the chosen in the Lord,? i.e. ?that choice Christian? (Denhey). Since all Christians are ?chosen,? this title must express some distinction. The mother of Rufus had played the mother's part to Paul on some occasion of which we are ignorant, hence the phrase ?his mother and mine? (compare Mar_10:30).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Ru?fus. A person of this name was one of the sons of Simon the Cyrenian, who was compelled to bear the cross of Christ (Mar_15:21): he is supposed to be the same with the Rufus to whom Paul, in writing to the Romans, sends his greeting in the remarkable words, 'Salute Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine' (Rom_16:13). He is said to have been one of the seventy disciples, and eventually to have had charge of the church at Thebes.
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.
Rufus
(Lat. for red, Graecized ῾Ροῦφος) is mentioned in Mar_15:21, along with Alexander, as a son of Simon the Cyrenmean, whom the Jews compelled to bear the cross of Jesus on the way to Golgotha (Luk_23:26). A.D. 29. As the evangelist informs his readers who Simon was by naming the sons, it is evident that the latter were better known than the father in the circle of Christians where Mark lived. Again, in Rom_16:13, the apostle Paul salutes a Rufus whom he designates as elect in the Lord (ἐκλεκτὸν ἐν Κυρίῳ), and whose mother he gracefully recognizes as having earned a mother's claim upon himself by acts of kindness shown to him. A.D. 55. It is generally supposed that this Rufus was identical with the one to whom Mark refers; and in that case, as Mark wrote his gospel in all probability at Rome, it was natural that he should describe to his readers the father (who, since the mother was at Rome, while he, apparently, was not there, may have died or have come later to that city), from his relationship to two well known members of the same community. It is some proof at least of the early existence of this view that in the Acta Andrew et Petri both Rufus and Alexander appear as companions of Peter in Rome. Assuming, then, that the same person is meant in the two passages, we have before us an interesting group of believers a father (for we can hardly doubt that Simon became a Christian, if he was not already such, at the time of the crucifixion), a mother, and two brothers, all in the same family. Yet we are to bear in mind that Rufus was not an uncommon name (Wettstein, Nov. Test. 1, 634); and possibly, therefore, Mark and Paul may have had in view different individuals. Smith. The name is Roman, but the man was probably of Hebrew origin. He is said to have been one of the seventy disciples, and eventually to have had charge of the Church at Thebes.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.
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