111 See the note on the word centurion in .
112 Or “righteous.” It is hard to know whether “innocent” or “righteous” is intended, as the Greek term used can mean either, and both make good sense in this context. Luke has been emphasizing Jesus as innocent, so that is slightly more likely here. Of course, one idea entails the other. Here is a fourth figure who said that Jesus was innocent in this chapter (Pilate, Herod, a criminal, and now a centurion).

In other versions

Now when the centurion saw what had taken place, he praised God, saying, “Certainly this man was innocent!”

The centurion, seeing what had happened, praised God and said, “Surely this was a righteous man.”

When the centurion saw what happened, he began to glorify God, saying, “This man really was righteous!”

When the Roman officer overseeing the execution saw what had happened, he worshiped God and said, “Surely this man was innocent.”

Now when the centurion saw what had happened, he began to praise God, saying, “Certainly this man was righteous!”

Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.

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