Matthew 27:54

God's Word

An army officer and those watching Jesus with him saw the earthquake and the other things happening. They were terrified and said, “Certainly, this was the Son of God!”

Cross References

Matthew 26:63

But Jesus was silent. Then the chief priest said to him, “Swear an oath in front of the living God and tell us, are you the Messiah, the Son of God?”

Matthew 27:36

Then they sat there and kept watch over him.

Matthew 27:40

and said, “You were going to tear down God’s temple and build it again in three days. Save yourself! If you’re the Son of God, come down from the cross.”

Matthew 27:43

He trusted God. Let God rescue him now if he wants. After all, this man said, ‘I am the Son of God.’ ”

Matthew 27:51

Suddenly, the curtain in the temple was split in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, and the rocks were split open.

Matthew 4:3

The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become loaves of bread.”

Matthew 8:5

When Jesus went to Capernaum, a Roman army officer came to beg him for help.

Mark 15:39

When the officer who stood facing Jesus saw how he gave up his spirit, he said, “Certainly, this man was the Son of God!”

Luke 22:70

Then all of them said, “So you’re the Son of God?” Jesus answered them, “You’re right to say that I am.”

John 19:7

The Jews answered Pilate, “We have a law, and by that law he must die because he claimed to be the Son of God.”

Acts 10:1

A man named Cornelius lived in the city of Caesarea. He was a Roman army officer in the Italian Regiment.

Acts 2:37

When the people heard this, they were deeply upset. They asked Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what should we do?”

Acts 21:32

Immediately, he took some soldiers and officers and charged the crowd. When the crowd saw the officer and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

Acts 23:17

Then Paul called one of the sergeants and told him, “Take this young man to the officer. He has something to tell him.”

Acts 23:23

Then the officer summoned two of his sergeants and told them, “I want 200 infantrymen, 70 soldiers on horseback, and 200 soldiers with spears. Have them ready to go to Caesarea at nine o’clock tonight.

Acts 27:1

When it was decided that we should sail to Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were turned over to an army officer. His name was Julius, and he belonged to the emperor’s division.

Acts 27:43

However, the officer wanted to save Paul, so he stopped the soldiers from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and swim ashore.

Romans 1:4

In his spiritual, holy nature he was declared the Son of God. This was shown in a powerful way when he came back to life.

Revelation 11:13

At that moment a powerful earthquake struck. One-tenth of the city collapsed, 7,000 people were killed by the earthquake, and the rest were terrified. They gave glory to the God of heaven.