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    RUFUS

    (Ruʹfus) [red].

    1. Son of the Simon who was compelled to help carry Jesus’ torture stake, and brother of a certain Alexander.—Mark 15:21; Luke 23:26.

    2. A Christian in Rome, “the chosen one in the Lord.” whom Paul greets in his letter. With endearment Paul also greets Rufus’ mother as “his mother and mine.”—Rom. 16:13.