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Now the centurion and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake and the things that were done, were terrified, saying, “Truly this was the Son of God!”
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Verse 54. Indeed this was the Son of God. Saint Mark says, that when they saw Jesus die in that manner, crying out with a loud voice, which could not be natural, and when they saw the other miracles, they were struck with fear. Saint Luke says, (23:47) that the centurion glorified God, and so forth Witham.—It is said that this centurion, being afterwards confirmed in the faith, was honoured with the crown of martyrdom. Saint John Chrysostom hom. lxxxix.
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