Matthew 27:54

Good News Translation (US Version)

When the army officer and the soldiers with him who were watching Jesus saw the earthquake and everything else that happened, they were terrified and said, “He really was the Son of God!”

Cross References

Mark 15:39

The army officer who was standing there in front of the cross saw how Jesus had died. “This man was really the Son of God!” he said.

Matthew 27:36

After that they sat there and watched him.

Matthew 27:43

He trusts in God and claims to be God's Son. Well, then, let us see if God wants to save him now!”

Acts 27:43

But the army officer wanted to save Paul, so he stopped them from doing this. Instead, he ordered everyone who could swim to jump overboard first and swim ashore;

Acts 27:1

When it was decided that we should sail to Italy, they handed Paul and some other prisoners over to Julius, an officer in the Roman army regiment called “The Emperor's Regiment.”

Acts 23:23

Then the commander called two of his officers and said, “Get two hundred soldiers ready to go to Caesarea, together with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen, and be ready to leave by nine o'clock tonight.

Acts 21:32

At once the commander took some officers and soldiers and rushed down to the crowd. When the people saw him with the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

Matthew 8:5

When Jesus entered Capernaum, a Roman officer met him and begged for help:

Matthew 4:3

Then the Devil came to him and said, “If you are God's Son, order these stones to turn into bread.”

Revelation 11:13

At that very moment there was a violent earthquake; a tenth of the city was destroyed, and seven thousand people were killed. The rest of the people were terrified and praised the greatness of the God of heaven.

Romans 1:4

as to his divine holiness, he was shown with great power to be the Son of God by being raised from death.

Acts 23:17

Then Paul called one of the officers and said to him, “Take this young man to the commander; he has something to tell him.”

Acts 10:1

There was a man in Caesarea named Cornelius, who was a captain in the Roman army regiment called “The Italian Regiment.”

Acts 2:37

When the people heard this, they were deeply troubled and said to Peter and the other apostles, “What shall we do, brothers?”

John 19:7

The crowd answered back, “We have a law that says he ought to die, because he claimed to be the Son of God.”

Luke 22:70

They all said, “Are you, then, the Son of God?” He answered them, “You say that I am.”

Matthew 27:40

“You were going to tear down the Temple and build it back up in three days! Save yourself if you are God's Son! Come on down from the cross!”

Matthew 26:63

But Jesus kept quiet. Again the High Priest spoke to him, “In the name of the living God I now put you under oath: tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of God.”

Matthew 27:51

Then the curtain hanging in the Temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split apart,