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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Mar 15:39 — 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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the centurion
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The centurion was a military captain, and commander of a century, or 100 men. In order to have a proper notion of his office, it may be desirable to explain the construction and array of the Roman legion. Each legion was divided into ten cohorts, each cohort into three maniples, and each maniple into two centuries; so that there were thirty maniples, and sixty centuries in a legion, which, if the century had always, as the word imports, consisted of 100 soldiers, would have formed a combined phalanx of 6,000 men. The number in a legion, however, varied at different periods; in the time of Polybius it was 4,200. The order of battle was that of three lines; the hastati, or spearmen, occupied the front; the principes, the second line; the triarii, (also called pilani, from their weapon, the pilam, ) the third. The centurions were appointed by the tribunes, and generally selected from the common soldiers according to their merit; although the office was sometimes obtained for money, or through the favour of the c |
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he said
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Mat 27:43,54; Luk 23:47,48 |
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Mat 27:43 |
He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God. |
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Mat 27:54 |
Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God. |
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Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man. |
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Luk 23:48 |
And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Mark 15:39," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Mar/15/39.html>.
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