Where is rufus in the bible

I admit I am skeptical towards the consensus that the Gospels were all written in the latter third or quarter of the first century. The Names Alexander and Rufus would have been instantly recognised and understood by any reader of the time.

The names are symbolic. Alexander referring to Alexander the Great. The greatest warrior of the ancient world. And Rufus who lead the pacifist school of philosophy. So Simon was the father of War and Peace.

I am not a believer that the Bible is a book of riddles to be studied and deciphered. The Bible is pretty straight forward in my view. Did Mark know that these texts were to be handed down from generation to generation? I seriously doubt it. My guess is that Mark would have thought that the Kingdom would have come long before now. Maybe Alexander and Rufus are mentioned because they are the two crucified on the left and right of Yahushua, I say this only makes since swing that they where all supposedly crucified on the same day and it makes since why Simon would be there swing he is from Cyrene and not Jerusalem.

That is to say Simon might have been the father of those that made inserection with Barabas. I would say that he plays a part as being a father witnessing a lynching of his child the way it is said that Mary did with her son Yahushua. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account.

If he is the same person whom Paul salutes in Romans , as is probable, we may see in this instance the divine blessing abiding on the household of one who befriended Christ and bore his cross. 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.

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 Mark Used by Permission. Bibliography Information Hastings, James.

Entry for 'Alexander and Rufus'. Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament. Plug in, Turn on and Be En light ened! Not Yet a Member? Click to Sign Up Now! James Denny wrote of him. Doubtless Rufus was conspicuous in the service of the church. Did he have two mothers in mind, Rufus' and his own mother? Was she alive when Paul wrote his epistle to the Romans, as some writers seem to suggest, seeing that he mentions a few of his relatives in this epic chapter, who, with his mother, had found their way from Tarsus to Rome?

Says Herbert F.