Centurion; the Roman officer in command on that occasion.

This was the Son of God; as he had professed to be. The object of God in suffering the wickedness of men, is totally different from theirs in committing it. They mean it for evil, and it is evil, and they are evil in committing it; and without repentance and forgiveness, they will be for ever punished as evil-doers. But God means to overrule it, and he will overrule it for good. In all that he suffers to be done, as well as in all that he does himself, he is good. Joseph, Mordecai, Daniel and his three friends, and Christ and his disciples, are all striking illustrations of this great and momentous truth. Chap. Matthew 28:18; Genesis 50:20; Esther 7:10; Daniel 3:20; Daniel 3:30; Daniel 6:16; Daniel 6:28.

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