Then they sat down and kept guard over him there.
Above his head they put the charge against him, which read: “This is Jesus, the king of the Jews.”
Now when the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and what took place, they were extremely terrified and said, “Truly this one was God’s Son!”
Now when the centurion, who stood in front of him, saw how he died, he said, “Truly this man was God’s Son!”
Pilate was surprised that he was already dead. He called the centurion and asked him if he had been dead for some time.
