Mark 15:39 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

³⁹ And when the military officer in charge of one hundred men, who was standing in front of Jesus, saw Him die like that, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁹ And when the centurion who stood facing Him saw Him expire this way, he said, Really, this Man was God's Son!

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁹ 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.

Common English Bible

³⁹ When the centurion, who stood facing Jesus, saw how he died, he said, “This man was certainly God’s Son.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁹ Then the centurion who stood opposite him, seeing that he had expired while crying out in this way, said: "Truly, this man was the Son of God."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁹ And the centurion who stood over against him, seeing that crying out in this manner he had given up the ghost, said: Indeed this man was the son of God.

Mark 15:39 Cross References

Matthew 27:43

He trusted in God; now let God deliver him, if He wants [to save him from dying], for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”

Matthew 27:54

Now when the military man in charge, and those with him who were watching Jesus, saw [and felt] the earthquake and the [other] things that happened, they became extremely fearful, saying, “Truly this was the Son of God.”

Acts 10:1

Now there was a certain man in Caesarea named Cornelius. He was [a military man] in charge of one hundred soldiers and belonged to the “battalion of Italy.”

Acts 27:43

But the military officer, wanting to save Paul [from being killed], prevented them from doing this. [Instead] he ordered those who could swim to jump overboard and be the first to reach land.