Leviticus 23 & 24, Mark 15: 33-47, Psalm 37: 10-20
Mark 15: 39 (ESV)
“And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in
this way he breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”
I’ve always liked verse 39 from Mark 15 because it makes me
wonder what the centurion saw while Jesus was dying on the cross to make him
utter that statement. I love The Chosen TV series, and there is so much
speculation on whether the centurion who is quoted in Mark 15 will be Atticus
or Quintus. Was the centurion referring to change in weather that was happening
when Christ was being crucified? Was there something specific in Jesus’ face
that the centurion witnessed? My imagination runs wild when I think about what
the centurion saw at Jesus’ crucifixion. I like that the centurion was another
gentile who has recognized the divinity of Christ. I wonder what I would have
said had I been there at the crucifixion as a gentile.
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