Matthew 27:54
When the Roman captain and the soldiers who were with him, guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and all that happened, they were greatly terrified and said, "Certainly this man must have been God’s Son."
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Matthew 4:3So the tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, bid these stones to become bread."
Matthew 26:63But Jesus kept silence. Again the high priest addressed him, "I adjure you by the Living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God!"
Matthew 27:40"You who were going to destroy the Temple and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!"
Mark 15:39Then the army captain, who was standing facing Jesus when he thus died, said, "in truth this man was a Son of God."
Luke 23:47When the army captain saw what had happened, he glorified God, saying, "This man was really innocent!"
Acts 2:37When they heard these words they were stung to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles. "Men and brothers, 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 →