Matthew 27:54
Now the centurion, and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake, and what was done, were greatly afraid, and said: Of a truth, this was the Son of God.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
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Cross References
Matthew 4:3And the tempter came to him and said: If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.
Matthew 26:63But Jesus remained silent. And the chief priest answered and said to him: I adjure you, by the living God, that you tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God?
Matthew 27:40and saying: You that destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save yourself; if you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.
Mark 15:39And when the centurion that was standing opposite him, saw that he thus cried out, and gave up his spirit, he said: Truly, this man was the Son of God.
Luke 23:47When the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying: Truly, this was a righteous man.
Acts 2:37When they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the other apostles: Brethren, what shall we do?
Matthew Henry on Matthew 27:51-57
The Crucifixion; The Death of Christ. 50 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. 51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; 52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, 53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. 54 Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the… Read the whole commentary →