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Luke 23:47 KJV
Luke · chapter 23 · verse 47
Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.Luke 23:47 · King James Version
Luke 23:47 in context
45And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.
46And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.
47Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.
48And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned.
49And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- centurionhekatontarchēsan officer in the Roman armyG1543 →
- glorifieddoxazōto think, suppose, be of opinion, to praise, extol, magnify, celebrate, to honour, do…G1392 →
- Certainlyontōstruly, in reality, in point of fact, as opp. to what is pretended, fictitious, false…G3689 →
- righteousdikaiosrighteous, observing divine laws, in a wide sense, upright, righteous, virtuous, keeping…G1342 →
- sayinglegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
- doneginomaito becomeG1096 →
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In these verses we have three things: - I. Christ's dying magnified by the prodigies that attended it: only two are here mentioned, which we had an account of before. 1. The darkening of the sun at noon-day. It was now about the sixth hour, that is, according to our computation, twelve o'clock at noon;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 44-49