Mark 15:39

And when the Centurion who stood in front of the cross saw that He was dead, he exclaimed, "This man was indeed God's Son."

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 in the Sanctuary was torn in two, from top to bottom.

40There were also a party of women looking on from a distance; among them being both Mary of Magdala and Mary the mother of James the Little and of Joses, and Salome--

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Cross References

Matthew 27:43His trust is in God: let God deliver him now, if He will have him; for he said, `I am God's Son.'"

Mark 15:44But Pilate could hardly believe that He was already dead. He called, however, for the Centurion and inquired whether He had been long dead;

Acts 10:1Now a Captain of the Italian Regiment, named Cornelius, was quartered at Caesarea.

Acts 27:43But their Captain, bent on securing Paul's safety, kept them from their purpose and gave orders that those who could swim should first jump overboard and get to 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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