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 watched him there;
• Mark 15:39And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.
• Matt 27:43He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
• Luke 23:47–49Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.
• Rom 1:4And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
• Acts 27:1And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus’ band.
• Matt 4:3And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
• Matt 8:5And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,
• Acts 23:23And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night;
• Acts 27:43But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land:
• Rev 11:13And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
• Acts 21:32Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto them: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they left beating of Paul.
• Acts 23:17Then Paul called one of the centurions unto him, and said, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.
• Acts 2:37Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
• Acts 10:1There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band,
• Matt 27:40And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.
• John 19:7The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.
• 2 Kgs 1:13–14And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.
• Matt 26:63But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.
• Luke 22:70Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of God? And he said unto them, Ye say that I am.
• Acts 16:29–30Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,

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