Matthew 27:54

World English Bible (2000)

Now the centurion, and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake, and the things that were done, feared exceedingly, saying, "Truly this was the Son of God."

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  • Matt 27:36 : 36 and they sat and watched him there.
  • Mark 15:39 : 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!"
  • Matt 27:43 : 43 He trusts in God. Let God deliver him now, if he wants him; for he said, 'I am the Son of God.'"
  • Matt 4:3 : 3 The tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread."
  • Matt 8:5 : 5 When he came into Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking him,
  • Luke 23:47-49 : 47 When the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, "Certainly this was a righteous man." 48 All the multitudes that came together to see this, when they saw the things that were done, returned home beating their breasts. 49 All his acquaintances, and the women who followed with him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.
  • Acts 23:23 : 23 He called to himself two of the centurions, and said, "Prepare two hundred soldiers to go as far as Caesarea, with seventy horsemen, and two hundred men armed with spears, at the third hour of the night."
  • Acts 27:1 : 1 When it was determined that we should sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Augustan band.
  • Acts 27:43 : 43 But the centurion, desiring to save Paul, stopped them from their purpose, and commanded that those who could swim should throw themselves overboard first to go toward the land;
  • Rom 1:4 : 4 who was declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,
  • Rev 11:13 : 13 In that day there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
  • John 19:7 : 7 The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God."
  • Acts 2:37 : 37 Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brothers, what shall we do?"
  • Acts 10:1 : 1 Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment,
  • Acts 16:29-30 : 29 He called for lights and sprang in, and, fell down trembling before Paul and Silas, 30 and brought them out and said, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"
  • Acts 21:32 : 32 Immediately he took soldiers and centurions, and ran down to them. They, when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, stopped beating Paul.
  • Acts 23:17 : 17 Paul summoned one of the centurions, and said, "Bring this young man to the commanding officer, for he has something to tell him."
  • Matt 26:63 : 63 But Jesus held his peace. The high priest answered him, "I adjure you by the living God, that you tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God."
  • Matt 27:40 : 40 and saying, "You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!"
  • 2 Kgs 1:13-14 : 13 Again he sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty. The third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and begged him, and said to him, "Man of God, please let my life, and the life of these fifty your servants, be precious in your sight. 14 Behold, fire came down from the sky, and consumed the two former captains of fifty with their fifties. But now let my life be precious in your sight."
  • Luke 22:70 : 70 They all said, "Are you then the Son of God?" He said to them, "You say it, because I am."

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    38 The veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom.

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  • Luke 23:45-48
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    45 The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in two.

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    48 All the multitudes that came together to see this, when they saw the things that were done, returned home beating their breasts.

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    33 Those who were in the boat came and worshiped him, saying, "You are truly the Son of God!"

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