Mark 15:39

Now when the centurion who stood across from Him saw that He cried out like this and breathed His last, he said, “Truly this Man was the Son of God!”

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.

In Context

38Then the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.

40There were also women looking on from a distance, among whom were both Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the Less and of Joses, and Salome,

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Cross References

Matthew 27:43He trusted in God; let Him deliver Him now, if He will have Him; for He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’ ”

Mark 15:44And Pilate wondered if He was already dead; and having summoned the centurion, he questioned him if He had been dead long.

Acts 10:1Now there was a certain man in Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment,

Acts 27:43But the centurion, wanting to rescue Paul, hindered them in their intention, and commanded that those who were able to swim to jump down first to go toward the land,

Matthew Henry on Mark 15:34-42

The Crucifixion. 33 And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. 34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? 35 And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elias. 36 And one ran and filled a sponge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come… Read the whole commentary →

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