God & Savior

Matthew 27:54

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.”
Matthew 27:54
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Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Greek)

Ὁ δὲ ἑκατόνταρχος καὶ οἱ μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ τηροῦντες τὸν Ἰησοῦν ἰδόντες τὸν σεισμὸν καὶ τὰ γενόμενα ἐφοβήθησαν σφόδρα λέγοντες· ἀληθῶς θεοῦ υἱὸς ἦν οὗτος.

  1. ὉHo“<the>”
    Article, nominative, singular, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  2. δὲde“And”
    Conjunction · from δέ · “but/and” · Strong's G1161
  3. ἑκατόνταρχοςhekatontarchos“the centurion”
    Noun, nominative, singular, masculine · “centurion” · Strong's G1543
  4. καὶkai“and”
    Conjunction · from καί · “and” · Strong's G2532
  5. οἱhoi“those”
    Article, nominative, plural, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  6. μετ᾽met᾽“with”
    Preposition · from μετά · “with/after” · Strong's G3326
  7. αὐτοῦautou“him”
    Personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine · from αὐτός · “he/she/it/self” · Strong's G0846
  8. τηροῦντεςtērountes“keeping guard over”
    Verb, present, active, participle, nominative, plural, masculine · from τηρέω · “to keep” · Strong's G5083H
  9. τὸνton“<the>”
    Article, accusative, singular, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  10. ἸησοῦνIēsoun“Jesus”
    Noun, accusative, singular, masculine · from Ἰησοῦς · “Jesus/Joshua” · Strong's G2424G
  11. ἰδόντεςidontes“having seen”
    Verb, 2nd aorist, active, participle, nominative, plural, masculine · from εἴδω · “to perceive” · Strong's G1492H
  12. τὸνton“the”
    Article, accusative, singular, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  13. σεισμὸνseismon“earthquake”
    Noun, accusative, singular, masculine · from σεισμός · “earthquake” · Strong's G4578
  14. καὶkai“and”
    Conjunction · from καί · “and” · Strong's G2532
  15. τὰta“the [things that]”
    Article, accusative, plural, neuter · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  16. γενόμεναgenomena“were happening”
    Verb, 2nd aorist, middle (deponent), participle, accusative, plural, neuter · from γίνομαι · “to be” · Strong's G1096
  17. ἐφοβήθησανephobēthēsan“feared”
    Verb, aorist, passive (deponent), indicative, 3rd person plural · from φοβέω · “to fear” · Strong's G5399
  18. σφόδραsphodra“greatly”
    Adverb · “very” · Strong's G4970
  19. λέγοντες·legontes“saying;”
    Verb, present, active, participle, nominative, plural, masculine · from λέγω · “to speak” · Strong's G3004G
  20. ἀληθῶςalēthōs“Truly”
    Adverb · “truly” · Strong's G0230
  21. θεοῦtheou“God’s”
    Noun, genitive, singular, masculine · from θεός · “God” · Strong's G2316
  22. υἱὸςhuios“Son”
    Noun, nominative, singular, masculine · from υἱός · “son” · Strong's G5207
  23. ἦνēn“was”
    Verb, imperfect, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from εἰμί · “to be” · Strong's G1510
  24. οὗτος.houtos“this.”
    Demonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine · from οὗτος · “this/he/she/it” · Strong's G3778
  • Greek words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)