Mark 15:39 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 15:39

When the centurion standing there in front of Jesus saw how He had breathed His last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”

BSB

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ASV

And when the centurion, who stood by over against him, saw that he so gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Gregory of Nazianzus

ON THE HOLY PASCH, ORATION 45.1 (390)

Many indeed are the wondrous happenings of that time: God hanging from a cross, the sun made dark and again flaming out; for it was fitting that creation should mourn with its creator. The temple veil rent, blood and water flowing from his side: the one as from a man, the other as from what was above man; the earth shaken, the rocks shattered because of the rock; the dead risen to bear witness to the final and universal resurrection of the dead. The happenings at the sepulcher and after the sepulcher, who can fittingly recount them?

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

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 Mat 27:54; see Gill on Mat 27:54.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

"Surely," thinks he, "this must be some divine person, highly beloved of God." This he expresses by such words as denote his eternal generation as God, and his special designation to the office of Mediator, though he meant not so. Our Lord Jesus, even in the depth of his sufferings and humiliation, was the Son of God, and was declared to be so with power.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1857)

The death of our Lord Jesus Christ is the most important fact in Christianity. On it depend the hopes of all saved sinners both for time and eternity. We need not therefore to be surprised to find the reality of His death carefully placed beyond dispute. Three kinds of witnesses to the fact are brought before us in the verses we have now read. The Roman centurion, who stood near the cross, — the women, who followed our Lord from Galilee to Jerusalem, — the disciples, who buried Him. All were all witnesses that Jesus really died.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἰδὼν	idōn	Having seen	G1492 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
κεντυρίων	kenturiōn	centurion	G2760 →
ὁ	ho	who	G3588 →
παρεστηκὼς	parestēkōs	having stood	G3936 →
ἐξ	ex	from	G1537 →
ἐναντίας	enantias	opposite of	G1727 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	Him	G846 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
οὕτως	houtōs	thus	G3779 →
ἐξέπνευσεν,	exepneusen	He breathed His last,	G1606 →
εἶπεν·	eipen	he said;	G2036 →
ἀληθῶς	alēthōs	Truly	G230 →
οὗτος	houtos	this	G3778 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
ἄνθρωπος	anthrōpos	man	G444 →
υἱὸς	huios	[the] Son	G5207 →
θεοῦ	theou	of God	G2316 →
ἦν.	ēn	was.	G1510 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 27:43
He trusts in God. Let God deliver Him now if He wants Him. For He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”
leads to
- Psalms 22:8
  “He trusts in the LORD, let the LORD deliver him; let the LORD rescue him, since He delights in him.”
Through
Matthew 27:54
When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified and said, “Truly this was the Son of God.”
leads to
- Matthew 27:36
  And sitting down, they kept watch over Him there.
- Matthew 27:43
  He trusts in God. Let God deliver Him now if He wants Him. For He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”
- Luke 23:47–49
  When the centurion saw what had happened, he gave glory to God, saying, “Surely this was a righteous man.”
- Romans 1:4
  and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by His resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.
Through
Acts 10:1
At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was called the Italian Regiment.
leads to
- Acts 27:43
  But the centurion, wanting to spare Paul’s life, thwarted their plan. He commanded those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Acts 27:1
  When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Imperial Regiment.
- Matthew 27:27
  Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company around Him.

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Mark

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Mark