Then they sat down and kept watch over him there.
They placed a sign over his head with the charge against him. It read, “This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.”
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 centurion standing there in front of Jesus saw how he died, he said, “This man was truly the Son of God.”
Pilate was surprised that Jesus had died so soon, so he summoned the centurion and asked him if Jesus had already died.
