Mark 15:39

39 And [when] the centurion who was standing opposite him saw that he expired like this, he said, "Truly this man was God's Son!"

Mark 15:39 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 15:39

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 ( Matthew 27:54 ) , (See Gill on Matthew 27:54).

Mark 15:39 In-Context

37 But Jesus uttered a loud cry [and] expired.

38 And the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.

39 And [when] the centurion who was standing opposite him saw that he expired like this, he said, "Truly this man was God's Son!"

40 And there were also women observing from a distance, among whom [were] Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and Joses, and Salome,

41 who used to follow him and serve him when he was in Galilee, and many other [women] who went up with him to Jerusalem.

Footnotes

• [a]. *Here "[when]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("saw") which is understood as temporal