MAT 27:54 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) The Roman officer and his soldiers who were guarding Yeshua were very frightened when they felt the earthquake and saw what happened, and said, “This man really was a son of God!”

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT Now the centurion and the ones with him guarding Jesus, having seen the earthquake and the things having happened, were very afraid, saying, “Truly this was a Son of God.”

UST The Roman officer and his soldiers, who were making sure that Jesus died, saw the earth quaking and the other things that happened. They became extremely afraid. They declared, “This man really was God’s Son.”

BSB § When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified and said, “Truly this was the Son of God.”

BLB And the centurion and those with him keeping guard over Jesus, having seen the earthquake and the things taking place, feared greatly, saying, "Truly this was God's Son."

AICNT Now the centurion and those with him who were keeping watch over Jesus, having seen the earthquake and what had happened, were greatly afraid, saying, “Truly this was the Son of God!”

OEB The Roman centurion, and the men with him who were watching Jesus, on seeing the earthquake and all that was happening, became greatly frightened and exclaimed, ‘This must indeed have been God’s Son!’

WEBBE Now the centurion and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake and the things that were done, were terrified, saying, “Truly this was the Son of God!”

WMBB Now the centurion and those who were with him watching Yeshua, when they saw the earthquake and the things that were done, were terrified, saying, “Truly this was the Son of God!”

NET Now when the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and what took place, they were extremely terrified and said, “Truly this one was God’s Son!”

LSV And the centurion, and those with him watching Jesus, having seen the earthquake, and the things that were done, were exceedingly afraid, saying, “Truly this was God’s Son.”

FBV When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and what happened, they were terrified, and said, “This really was the Son of God!”

TCNT Now when the centurion and those who were keeping watch with him over Jesus saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they became very frightened and said, “Truly this man was the Son of God.”

T4T The officer who supervised the soldiers who nailed Jesus to the cross was standing nearby. His soldiers who had been on guard so that no one would rescue Jesus were also there. When they felt the earthquake and saw all the other things that happened, they were terrified. They exclaimed, “Truly he was both man and God! (OR, a Son of God).”

LEB Now the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus, when they[fn] saw the earthquake and the things that took place, were extremely frightened, saying, “Truly this man was God’s Son!”

27:54 *Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal

BBE Now the captain and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earth-shock and the things which were done, were in great fear and said, Truly this was a son of God.

Moff No Moff MAT book available

Wymth As for the Captain and the soldiers who were with Him keeping guard over Jesus, when they witnessed the earthquake and the other occurrences they were filled with terror, and exclaimed, "Assuredly he was God's Son."

ASV Now the centurion, and they that were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake, and the things that were done, feared exceedingly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.

DRA Now the centurion and they that were with him watching Jesus, having seen the earthquake, and the things that were done, were sore afraid, saying: Indeed this was the Son of God.

YLT And the centurion, and those with him watching Jesus, having seen the earthquake, and the things that were done, were exceedingly afraid, saying, 'Truly this was God's Son.'

Drby But the centurion, and they who were with him on guard over Jesus, seeing the earthquake and the things that took place, feared greatly, saying, Truly this [man] was Son of [fn]God.

27.54 Elohim

RV Now the centurion, and they that were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake, and the things that were done, feared exceedingly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.

Wbstr Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.

KJB-1769 Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.

KJB-1611 Now when the Centurion, and they that were with him, watching Iesus, saw the earthquake, & those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truely this was the Son of God.
(Now when the Centurion, and they that were with him, watching Yesus/Yeshua, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truely this was the Son of God.)

Bshps When the Centurion, and they that were with hym watchyng Iesus, sawe the earthquake, and those thynges that were done, they feared greatly, saying: truely, this was the sonne of God.
(When the Centurion, and they that were with him watchyng Yesus/Yeshua, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying: truly, this was the son of God.)

Gnva When the Centurion, and they that were with him watching Iesus, saw the earthquake, and the thinges that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truely this was the Sonne of God.
(When the Centurion, and they that were with him watching Yesus/Yeshua, saw the earthquake, and the things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truely this was the Son of God. )

Cvdl But the captayne and they that were with him, and kepte Iesus, when they sawe the earthquake and the thinges that were done, they were sore afrayed, and sayde: Verely this was Gods sonne.
(But the captain and they that were with him, and kept Yesus/Yeshua, when they saw the earthquake and the things that were done, they were sore afraid, and said: Verily/Truly this was Gods son.)

TNT When the Centurion and they that were with him watchinge Iesus sawe the erth quake and those thinges which hapened they feared greatly sayinge. Of a surete this was the sonne of God.
(When the Centurion and they that were with him watchinge Yesus/Yeshua saw the earth quake and those things which hapened they feared greatly saying. Of a surete this was the son of God. )

Wycl And the centurien and thei that weren with hym kepinge Jhesu, whanne thei saien the erthe schakynge, and tho thingis that weren doon, thei dredden greetli,
(And the centurion and they that were with him kepinge Yhesu, when they saien the earth schakynge, and those things that were doon, they dreaded greatly,)

Luth Aber der Hauptmann und die bei ihm waren und bewahreten JEsum, da sie sahen das Erdbeben und was da geschah, erschraken sie sehr und sprachen: Wahrlich, dieser ist Gottes Sohn gewesen!
(But the/of_the headmann and the at him were and bewahreten YEsum, there they/she/them saw the Erdbeben and what/which there happened, erschraken they/she/them very and said: Wahrlich, dieser is God’s son gewesen!)

ClVg Centurio autem, et qui cum eo erant, custodientes Jesum, viso terræmotu, et his quæ fiebant, timuerunt valde, dicentes: Vere Filius Dei erat iste.[fn]
(Centurio however, and who when/with eo erant, custodientes Yesum, viso terræmotu, and his which fiebant, timuerunt valde, saying: Vere Son of_God was iste. )

27.54 Centurio autem. Hi in scandalo crucis confitentur Deum. Arius in Ecclesia prædicat creaturam, quem cæci Judæi nec tot miraculis credunt. In centurione fides Ecclesiæ designatur, quæ velo cœlestium mysteriorum per mortem Domini reserato, Jesum Filium Dei tacente Synagoga confirmat.

27.54 Centurio however. They in scandalo crucis confitentur God. Arius in Ecclesia prælet_him_say creaturam, which cæci Yudæi but_not tot miraculis credunt. In centurione fides Ecclesiæ designatur, which velo cœlestium mysteriorum through mortem Master reserato, Yesum Son of_God tacente Synagoga confirmat.

UGNT ὁ δὲ ἑκατόνταρχος καὶ οἱ μετ’ αὐτοῦ τηροῦντες τὸν Ἰησοῦν, ἰδόντες τὸν σεισμὸν καὶ τὰ γενόμενα, ἐφοβήθησαν σφόδρα λέγοντες, ἀληθῶς Θεοῦ Υἱὸς ἦν οὗτος.
(ho de hekatontarⱪos kai hoi met’ autou taʸrountes ton Yaʸsoun, idontes ton seismon kai ta genomena, efobaʸthaʸsan sfodra legontes, alaʸthōs Theou Huios aʸn houtos.)

SBL-GNT Ὁ δὲ ἑκατόνταρχος καὶ οἱ μετʼ αὐτοῦ τηροῦντες τὸν Ἰησοῦν ἰδόντες τὸν σεισμὸν καὶ τὰ ⸀γενόμενα ἐφοβήθησαν σφόδρα λέγοντες· Ἀληθῶς ⸂θεοῦ υἱὸς⸃ ἦν οὗτος.
(Ho de hekatontarⱪos kai hoi metʼ autou taʸrountes ton Yaʸsoun idontes ton seismon kai ta ⸀genomena efobaʸthaʸsan sfodra legontes; Alaʸthōs ⸂theou huios⸃ aʸn houtos.)

TC-GNT Ὁ δὲ ἑκατόνταρχος καὶ οἱ μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ τηροῦντες τὸν Ἰησοῦν, ἰδόντες τὸν σεισμὸν καὶ τὰ [fn]γενόμενα, ἐφοβήθησαν σφόδρα, λέγοντες, Ἀληθῶς Θεοῦ υἱὸς ἦν οὗτος.
(Ho de hekatontarⱪos kai hoi met autou taʸrountes ton Yaʸsoun, idontes ton seismon kai ta genomena, efobaʸthaʸsan sfodra, legontes, Alaʸthōs Theou huios aʸn houtos. )

27:54 γενομενα ¦ γινομενα WH

Key for above GNTs: red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

δὲ

and

Here, the word But introduces the next thing that happened. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces the next event, or you could leave But untranslated. Alternate translation: [Then]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

οἱ μετ’ αὐτοῦ τηροῦντες τὸν Ἰησοῦν

the_‹ones› with him guarding ¬the Jesus

Here Matthew implies that the soldiers were guardingJesus to prevent anyone from rescuing him. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. See how you expressed the similar idea in 27:36. Alternate translation: [the ones with him guarding Jesus to prevent anyone from rescuing him]

Note 3 topic: writing-quotations

λέγοντες

saying

Consider natural ways of introducing direct quotations in your language. Alternate translation: [and they said]

Note 4 topic: guidelines-sonofgodprinciples

Θεοῦ Υἱὸς

˱of˲_God (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὁ δὲ ἑκατόνταρχος καὶ οἱ μετʼ αὐτοῦ τηροῦντες τὸν Ἰησοῦν ἰδόντες τὸν σεισμὸν καὶ τὰ γενόμενα ἐφοβήθησαν σφόδρα λέγοντες ἀληθῶς Υἱὸς Θεοῦ ἦν οὗτος)

Son of God is an important title for Jesus that describes his relationship with God the Father.

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