Mark 15:39
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
39 [a](A)When the centurion who stood facing him saw how he breathed his last he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”
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- 15:39 The closing portion of Mark’s gospel returns to the theme of its beginning in the Gentile centurion’s climactic declaration of belief that Jesus was the Son of God. It indicates the fulfillment of the good news announced in the prologue (Mk 1:1) and may be regarded as the firstfruit of the passion and death of Jesus.
Mark 15:39
King James Version
39 And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.
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Mark 15:39
New King James Version
39 So (A)when the centurion, who stood opposite Him, saw that [a]He cried out like this and breathed His last, he said, “Truly this Man was the Son of God!”
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- Mark 15:39 NU He thus breathed His last
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