Certainly (οντως). Really, old adverb from the participle ον from ειμ, to be. Used also in 24:34 of the resurrection of Jesus.

The things which were done. The earthquake, the darkness, and the sufferings of Jesus.

Smote their breasts. As a sign of al…

To that sight.—The word is used by St. Luke only in the New Testament, and exactly expresses the purpose of those who had come to…

Into your hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost. Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, sa…

St. Augustine of Hippo: When He immediately gave up the ghost after uttering that cry, those who were present greatly marveled. …

After Jesus’ death, Luke calls on the centurion as a witness to Jesus’ uniqueness. His words in his gospel emphasize, as in the trial scene, the in…

And all the people that came together to that sight
To see the execution of Jesus; and some of them might be his inv…

We have here the death of Christ magnified by the wonders that attended it, and his death explained by the words with which he breathed out his sou…