Mark 15: 35-41- Impact of the Moment
Read Mark 15: 35- 41- In verses 37, 38, and 39 we see God’s love and power, ‘ (37) And Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and breather His last. (38) Then the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. (39) So, when the centurion, who stood opposite Him , saw that He cried out like this and breathed His last , he said, “Truly this Man was the Son of God.” For me, it is very difficult to read through this passage in the book of Mark and have a full appreciation for how the people and the environment responded when Jesus died. The writing of the response of the centurion helps with attempting to realize the physical and emotional impact of that very moment. The realization of what had just happened to Jesus Christ caused a Roman centurion to identify Jesus as deity . What must have happened in that enviro nment that caused someone like the centurion to make such a st...