Mark 15:39

And when the centurion, who was standing near him, saw that he so cried and expired, he said: Verily, this was the Son of God.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

38And the curtain of the door of the temple was rent, from the top to the bottom.

40And there were women looking on, from a distance, Mary Magdalena, and 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 rescue him now, if he hath pleasure in him: for he said, I am the Son of God.

Mark 15:44And Pilate wondered that he should be already dead. And he called the centurion, and inquired if he had been any time dead.

Acts 10:1And there was a certain man in Caesarea, whose name was Cornelius, a centurion of the regiment called the Italian.

Acts 27:43But the centurion kept them from it, because he was desirous to preserve Paul. And those who were able to swim, he commanded to swim off first, and pass to 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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