Matthew 27:54

The centurion and his men, terrified by the signs, confess Jesus as the Son of God. Even Gentile soldiers recognize His true identity.

Cross-references · 21

• Matt 27:36And sitting down, they kept watch over Him there.
• Mark 15:39When the centurion standing there in front of Jesus saw how He had breathed His last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”
• Matt 27:43He trusts in God. Let God deliver Him now if He wants Him. For He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”
• Luke 23:47–49When the centurion saw what had happened, he gave glory to God, saying, “Surely this was a righteous man.”
• Rom 1:4and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by His resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.
• Acts 27:1When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Imperial Regiment.
• Matt 4:3The tempter came to Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”
• Matt 8:5When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came and pleaded with Him,
• Acts 23:23Then he called two of his centurions and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea in the third hour of the night.
• Acts 27:43But the centurion, wanting to spare Paul’s life, thwarted their plan. He commanded those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land.
• Rev 11:13And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand were killed in the quake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.
• Acts 21:32Immediately he took some soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When the people saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
• Acts 23:17Then Paul called one of the centurions and said, “Take this young man to the commander; he has something to tell him.”
• Acts 2:37When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and asked Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”
• Acts 10:1At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was called the Italian Regiment.
• Matt 27:40and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”
• John 19:7“We have a law,” answered the Jews, “and according to that law He must die, because He declared Himself to be the Son of God.”
• 2 Kgs 1:13–14So the king sent a third captain with his fifty men. And the third captain went up, fell on his knees before Elijah, and begged him, “Man of God, may my life and the lives of these fifty servants please be precious in your sight.
• Matt 26:63But Jesus remained silent. Then 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.”
• Luke 22:70So they all asked, “Are You then the Son of God?” He replied, “You say that I am.”
• Acts 16:29–30Calling for lights, the jailer rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas.

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