47 When the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, "Certainly this was a righteous man."
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See the notes at Matthew 27:52-55.
(15) Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.
(15) Christ, as often as it pleases him, causes his very enemies to give honourable witness that he is right.
Now when the centurion saw what was done,.... The eclipse of the sun, the darkness upon the land, the earthquake, the rocks rent, and Jesus expire in so uncommon a manner:
he glorified God; by confessing that Christ was the Son of God, and declaring him an innocent person:
saying, certainly, this was a righteous man; clear of the charges exhibited against him, and has suffered wrongfully; and this he concluded from those unusual appearances, and which he considered as tokens of divine resentment.
See notes on Matthew 27:54-56.
Certainly this was a righteous man - Which implies an approbation of all he had done and taught.
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