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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Matthew 27:54

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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27:54 The Roman officer and the other soldiers were Gentiles. • the Son of God: This may be an unqualified affirmation that Jesus is the unique Son of God (see 14:33; 16:16) or possibly a more general affirmation of Jesus’ innocence (see Luke 23:47). They are responding to the earthquake and all that had happened as evidence of divine interest in this occasion.
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