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47. ὁ ἑκατοντάρχης. Who commanded the quaternion of soldiers. It is remarkable that St Luke gives us several instances of ‘good centurions,’ Luk 7:2, Luk 23:47; Act 10:1; Act 22:26; Act 27:43.
τὸ γενόμενον. See Mar 15:39; Mat 27:54.
ἐδόξαζεν τὸν θεόν. A notice characteristic of St Luke (Luk 2:20, Luk 5:25, Luk 7:16, Luk 13:13, Luk 17:15, Luk 18:43).
δίκαιος ἧν. Truly this man was righteous. This remark might have been drawn forth by the silent majesty and holiness of the Sufferer. After the earthquake he may have added, “Truly this man was a Son of God” (Mat 27:54). The latter phrase sounds at first incongruous on the lips of a heathen, though ‘Son of God’ is found as a title of Augustus in some inscriptions. But the centurion had twice heard our Lord pray to ‘His FATHER’ (Luk 23:34; Luk 23:46), and even Pilate had been overpowered by the awful dread lest He should be something more than man (Joh 19:7-9).