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When the centurion, who stood by opposite him, saw that he cried out like this and breathed his last, he said, "Truly this man was the Son of God!"
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A Death Like No Other
Commentators highlight that the centurion wasn't just moved by Jesus' death, but by the extraordinary way he died. The powerful final cry, followed by his willing release of his spirit, was so unusual that this hardened Roman soldier was compelled to confess his divine nature. It was a demonstration of authority and power even in death.
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The centurion (ο κεντυριων). A Latin word (centurio) used also in verse 44 and here only in the N.T.
Which s…
19th Century
Anglican
When the centurion.—St. Mark, after his manner, uses the actual Latin word, St. Matthew the Greek equivalent.
Baptist
There was darkness over the whole land until this ninth hour.
And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi…
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The Roman centurion in command of the detachment of soldiers at the cross had witnessed the scourging, mocking, spitting, crucifixion, and wagging …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And when the centurion, which stood over against him To watch him, that nobody released him, and that he did not com…
Presbyterian
There was a thick darkness over the land, from noon until three in the afternoon. The Jews were doing their utmost to extinguish the Sun of Righteo…
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