The soldiers sat there and continued watching him.
They put a sign above Jesus’ head with a charge against him. It said: this is jesus, the king of the jews.
When the army officer and the soldiers guarding Jesus saw this earthquake and everything else that happened, they were very frightened and said, “He really was the Son of God!”
When the army officer who was standing in front of the cross saw what happened when Jesus died, he said, “This man really was the Son of God!”
Pilate was amazed that Jesus would have already died, so he called the army officer who had guarded Jesus and asked him if Jesus had already died.
