MATTHEW 27:54 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.”
When the centurion and those who were with him, keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were filled with awe and said: truly this was the Son of God! The centurion's confession — truly this was the Son of God — is the climactic human response to the crucifixion. The Roman soldiers who mocked the King of the Jews now confess the Son of God. The centurion's confession is the Gentile conversion that the Olivet Discourse anticipated: the gospel proclaimed to all nations produces confessions from the ends of the earth.
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