Matthew 27:54

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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

Truly

Romans 1:4

General references

Bible References

Saw

And [when] the centurion who was standing opposite him saw that he expired like this, he said, "Truly this man was God's Son!"

Now [when] the centurion saw what had happened, he began to praise God, saying, "Certainly this man was righteous!"

Feared

So he {again sent} a third [time] a commander of fifty and his fifty, and the commander of the third fifty went up and came and knelt down on his knees before Elijah and entreated him. He said to him, " man of God, please let my life and the lives of your servants, these fifty, be precious in your eyes.

Now [when they] heard [this], they were pierced to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, "What should we do, men [and] brothers?"

And demanding lights, he rushed in and, {beginning to tremble}, fell down at the feet of Paul and Silas.

And at that hour a great earthquake took place, and a tenth of the city collapsed, and seven thousand {people} were killed by the earthquake, and the rest became terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.

Truly

and saying, "The one who would destroy the temple and rebuild [it] in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!"

But Jesus was silent. And the high priest said to him, "I put you under oath by the living God, that you tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God!"

So they all said, "Are you then the Son of God?" And he said to them, "You say that I am."

The Jews replied to him, "We have a law, and according to the law he ought to die, because he made himself out to be the Son of God!"

who was declared Son of God in power according to {the Holy Spirit} by the resurrection from the dead of Jesus Christ our Lord,

General references

[it must be] without defect {to be acceptable for you}: a male among the cattle, among the sheep, or among the goats.

Then the officials and all the people said to the priests and to the prophets, "{This man does not deserve} a sentence of death, for in the name of Yahweh our God, he has spoken to us."

And they sat down [and] were watching over him there.

And he answered [and] said, "I tell you that if these keep silent, the stones will cry out!"