Matthew 27:54

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Saw

Mark 15:39

Luke 23:47

Feared

Acts 2:37

Acts 16:29

Revelation 11:13

Truly

Romans 1:4

General references

Matthew 27:36

Luke 19:40

Bible References

Saw

So when the centurion, who stood opposite him, saw that he cried out like this and breathed his last, he said, "Truly this man was the Son of God!"

When all the multitudes who had gathered to witness this sight saw what had taken place, they beat their breasts, and returned home.

Feared

Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brethren, what shall we do?"

And he called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas.

And at that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell; seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.

Truly

and saying, "You who would destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross."

But Jesus remained silent. And the high priest said to him, "I charge you under oath by the living God: tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God."

They all said, "Are you the Son of God, then?" He said to them, "You said what I am."

The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and according to that law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God."

and declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord.

General references

and sitting down, they kept watch over him there.

He answered, "I tell you, if these keep silent, the stones would cry out."