39 When the centurion, who stood by opposite him, saw that he cried out like this and breathed his last, he said, "Truly this man was the Son of God!"
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And when the centurion, which stood over against him,.... To watch him, that nobody released him, and that he did not come down from the cross himself;
saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost; that he cried with so loud and strong a voice, and the next moment expired:
he said, truly this man was the Son of God; and so said the rest of the soldiers that were with them, as appears from Matthew 27:54; see Gill on Matthew 27:54.
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