Then they sat down there and kept watch over Him.
And over His head they put the accusation against Him (the cause of His death), which read, This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.
When the centurion and those who were with him keeping watch over Jesus observed the earthquake and all that was happening, they were terribly frightened and filled with awe, and said, Truly this was God's Son!
And when the centurion who stood facing Him saw Him expire this way, he said, Really, this Man was God's Son!
But Pilate wondered whether He was dead so soon, and, having called the centurion, he asked him whether [Jesus] was already dead.