Mark 15:39. The centurion. Mark here and in Mark 15:44-45 gives the Latin term, Matthew and Luke the Greek.

Who stood by over against him, i.e., in front of Him, ‘watching' (Matthew) Him.

Saw that he so gave up the ghost. The peculiar cry is mainly referred to, hence this was very early inserted, and is retained in the E. V. Mark alone gives prominence to this point, and it is characteristic of his Gospel. ‘The Lion of Judah is, even in His departing, a dying lion' (Lange). On the centurion's language, see on Matthew 27:54.

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