When the centurion saw what had happened he praised God and said, “Surely this man was innocent.”
Right then the veil of the Temple was torn apart from top to bottom. The ground shook, the rocks split apart,
When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and what happened, they were terrified, and said, “This really was the Son of God!”
When the crowds saw what had happened, they were scared. Then they praised God that he had given human beings such power.
When the centurion standing there in front of Jesus saw how he died, he said, “This man was truly the Son of God.”
“For us the sentence is right since we're being punished for what we did, but this man didn't do anything wrong.”
The Jewish leaders replied, “We have a law, and according to that law he must die because he claimed to be the Son of God.”