King James Version

Matthew 27:54

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.

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Ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δὲdeNowδέconjunction — “Now”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.Nowἑκατόνταρχοςhekatontarchoswhen the centurionἑκατόνταρχοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “when the centurion”, the subject formG1543a centurion of the Roman army.when the centurionκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andοἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.μετ’metthey that were withμετά (meta)preposition — “they that were with”G3326(a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.This verse uses “with”.they that were withαὐτοῦautouhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “him”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himτηροῦντεςtērounteswatchingτηρέω (tēreō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “watching”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5083I keep, guard, observe, watch over.watchingτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἸησοῦνiēsounJesusἸησοῦς (iēsous)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the object formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.Jesusἰδόντεςidontesseeὁράω (horáō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “see”, a single actionG3708I see, look upon, experience, perceive, discern, beware.This verse uses “see”.Strong’s files this form under G1492 (εἴδω, see/know).sawτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.σεισμὸνseismonearthquakeσεισμός (seismos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “earthquake”, the object formG4578a shaking (as an earthquake); a storm.the earthquakeκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andτὰtatheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.γενόμεναgenomenathose things that were doneγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle participle, accusative, plural, neuter — “those things that were done”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.those things that were doneἐφοβήθησανephobēthēsanthey fearedφοβέομαι (phobeomai)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person plural — “they feared”, a single actionG5399I fear, dread, reverence, am afraid, terrified.they fearedσφόδραsphodragreatlyσφόδραadverb — “greatly”G4970exceedingly, greatly, very much.This verse uses “greatly”.greatlyλέγοντεςlegontessayingλέγω (legō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “saying”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.sayingἈληθῶςalēthōsTrulyἀληθῶςadverb — “Truly”G230truly, really, certainly, surely.This verse uses “truly”.Trulyθεοῦtheouof Godθεός (theos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of God”, the of-formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.of Godυἱὸςhuiossonυἱόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “son”, the subject formG5207a son, descendent.ἦνēnto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing action in the pastG1510I am, exist.οὗτοςhoutosthisοὗτοςdemonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “this”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

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.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Young’s Literal Translation

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.'

World English Bible

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!”

Darby Translation

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 God.

Douay-Rheims

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.

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