Matthew 27:54
And the centurion, and they that were with him guarding Jesus, when they saw the earthquake and the things that occurred, feared greatly, and said: Verily, this was the Son of God.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
53and came forth; and, after his resurrection, entered into the holy city, and appeared to many.
Cross References
Matthew 4:3And the Tempter came, and said to him: If thou art the Son of God, command these stones to become bread.
Matthew 26:63And Jesus was silent. And the high priest answered, and said to him: I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou art the Messiah, the Son of God.
Matthew 27:40and said: Destroyer of the temple, and builder of it in three days, deliver thyself; if thou art the Son of God, and come down from the cross.
Mark 15:39And when the centurion, who was standing near him, saw that he so cried and expired, he said: Verily, this was the Son of God.
Luke 23:47And when the centurion saw what occurred, he glorified God and said: Certainly, this was a righteous man.
Acts 2:37And when they heard these things, they were agitated in their heart; and they said to Simon and to the rest of the legates: 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 →