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Mark 15:39

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15:39Now when the centurion,61 who stood in front of him, saw how he died,62 he said, “Truly this man was God’s Son!”

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  1. 61 A centurion was a noncommissioned officer in the Roman army or one of the auxiliary territorial armies, commanding a centuria of (nominally) 100 men. The responsibilities of centurions were broadly similar to modern junior officers, but there was a wide gap in social status between them and officers, and relatively few were promoted beyond the rank of senior centurion. The Roman troops stationed in Judea were auxiliaries, who would normally be rewarded with Roman citizenship after 25 years of service. Some of the centurions may have served originally in the Roman legions (regular army) and thus gained their citizenship at enlistment. Others may have inherited it, like Paul.
  2. 62 Grk “the way he breathed his last”; or “the way he expired”; or “that he thus breathed no more.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

And when the centurion, who stood there in front of Jesus, saw how he died, he said, “Surely this man was the Son of God!”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

When the centurion, who was standing opposite him, saw the way he breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”

NLTNew Living Translation

When the Roman officer who stood facing him saw how he had died, he exclaimed, “This man truly was the Son of God!”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And when the centurion who was standing opposite him saw that he expired like this, he said, “Truly this man was God’s Son!”

KJV 1900King James Version

And 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.