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Mat_27:54 Ὁ δὲ ἑκατόνταρχος ] “Centurio supplicio praepositus,” Seneca, de ira, i. 16. He belonged to the σπεῖρα , Mat_27:27.
οἱ μετʼ αὐτοῦ τηροῦντες τ . Ἰης .] is to be taken as one expression; see Mat_27:35 f.
καὶ τὰ γινόμενα ] καί , as in Mat_26:59, and numerous instances besides, serves to conjoin the general with the particular: and what was taking place (generally, that is), viz. the various incidents accompanying the death of Jesus (Mat_27:46 ff.). The present participle (see the critical remarks) is used with reference to things they have been witnessing up till the present moment; see Kühner, II. 1, pp. 117, 163.
ἐφοβήθησαν ] they were seized with terror, under the impression that all that was happening was a manifestation of the wrath of the gods.
θεοῦ υἱός ] in the mouth of heathens can only denote a son of God in the heathen sense of the words (hero, demi-god), the sense in which they certainly understood them to be used when they heard Jesus accused and mocked.
ἦν ] during His life.