Lukas 23:47

47 And the centurion who saw the thing that happened was saying, Baruch Hashem, surely this man was a Tzaddik.

Lukas 23:47 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 23:47

Now when the centurion saw what was done
The eclipse of the sun, the darkness upon the land, the earthquake, the rocks rent, and Jesus expire in so uncommon a manner:

he glorified God;
by confessing that Christ was the Son of God, and declaring him an innocent person:

saying, certainly, this was a righteous man;
clear of the charges exhibited against him, and has suffered wrongfully; and this he concluded from those unusual appearances, and which he considered as tokens of divine resentment.

Lukas 23:47 In-Context

45 The shemesh being obscured; and the Parochet [between the Kodesh HaKodashim and HaKodesh] in the Beis Hamikdash was torn in two. [Ex 26:31-33]

46 And having cried out with a kol gadol, he said, Abba, BYADCHA AFKID RUCHI (into your hands I commit my ruach TEHILLIM 31:6[5]). And this having said, he breathed out his last.

47 And the centurion who saw the thing that happened was saying, Baruch Hashem, surely this man was a Tzaddik.

48 And when all the hamon (crowd) that had assembled at this spectacle had observed the things that had happened, they went away beating their chests.

49 And all his acquaintances stood at a distance and the nashim, the ones following him from the Galil, observed these things.