KJV: Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.
YLT: And the centurion having seen what was done, did glorify God, saying, 'Really this man was righteous;'
Darby: Now the centurion, seeing what took place, glorified God, saying, In very deed this man was just.
ASV: And when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.
| Ἰδὼν | Having seen |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Active, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: εἶδον Sense: to see with the eyes. |
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| δὲ | now |
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Parse: Conjunction Root: δέ Sense: but, moreover, and, etc. |
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| ἑκατοντάρχης | centurion |
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Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: ἑκατοντάρχης Sense: an officer in the Roman army. |
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| τὸ | that |
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Parse: Article, Accusative Neuter Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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| γενόμενον | having taken place |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Middle, Accusative Neuter Singular Root: γίνομαι Sense: to become, i. |
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| ἐδόξαζεν | he began glorifying |
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Parse: Verb, Imperfect Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: δοξάζω Sense: to think, suppose, be of opinion. |
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| τὸν | - |
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Parse: Article, Accusative Masculine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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| Θεὸν | God |
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Parse: Noun, Accusative Masculine Singular Root: θεός Sense: a god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities. |
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| λέγων | saying |
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Parse: Verb, Present Participle Active, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: λέγω Sense: to say, to speak. |
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| Ὄντως | Certainly |
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Parse: Adverb Root: ὀλίγως Sense: truly, in reality, in point of fact, as opp. |
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| ἄνθρωπος | man |
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Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: ἄνθρωπος Sense: a human being, whether male or female. |
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| οὗτος | this |
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Parse: Demonstrative Pronoun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: οὗτος Sense: this. |
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| δίκαιος | righteous |
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Parse: Adjective, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: δίκαιος Sense: righteous, observing divine laws. |
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Greek Commentary for Luke 23:47
Imperfect active. Began to glorify (inchoative) or kept on glorifying. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Luke 23:47
Slave of a certain centurion (Latin word centurio, commander of a century or hundred). Mark 15:39, Mark 15:44 has the Latin word in Greek letters, χεντυριο kenturiōn The centurion commanded a company which varied from fifty to a hundred. Each cohort had six centuries. Each legion had ten cohorts or bands (Acts 10:1). The centurions mentioned in the N.T. all seem to be fine men as Polybius states that the best men in the army had this position. See also Luke 23:47. The Greek has two forms of the word, both from κεντυριων hekaton hundred, and εκατον archō to rule, and they appear to be used interchangeably. So we have αρχω hekatontarchos here, the form is -εκατονταρχος archos and αρχος hekatontarchēs the form is -εκατονταρχης archēs in Luke 7:6. The manuscripts differ about it in almost every instance. The -αρχης archos form is accepted by Westcott and Hort only in the nominative save the genitive singular here in Luke 7:2 and the accusative singular in Acts 22:25. See like variation between them in Matthew 8:5, Matthew 8:8 (-αρχος archos) and Matthew 8:13 So also -αρχηι archon (Acts 22:25) and -αρχον archēs (Acts 22:26). [source]
The great Cornelian family of Rome may have had a freedman or descendant who is centurion See Matthew 8:5. These Roman centurions always appear in a favourable light in the N.T. (Matthew 8:5; Luke 7:2; Luke 23:47; Acts 10:1; Acts 22:25; Acts 27:3). Furneaux notes the contrasts between Joppa, the oldest town in Palestine, and Caesarea, built by Herod; the Galilean fisherman lodging with a tanner and the Roman officer in the seat of governmental authority. [source]
Comp. 1 Timothy 5:5, 1 Timothy 5:16. Ὄντως verilytruly, twice in Paul, 1 Corinthians 14:25; Galatians 3:21. See on 2 Peter 2:18. Wherever ὄντως is used by Paul or by any other N.T. writer, it is used purely as an adverb (see Luke 23:47; Luke 24:34): but in all the four instances in the Pastorals, it is preceded by the article and converted into an adjective. The meaning is, who are absolutely bereaved, without children or relations (comp. 1 Timothy 5:4), and have been but once married. There is probably also an implied contrast with those described in 1 Timothy 5:6, 1 Timothy 5:11-13. [source]
For οντως ontōs (actually, really), see Luke 23:47; 1 Corinthians 14:25; and 1 Timothy 5:5. For widows (χηρα chēra) see note on Mark 12:40; note on Mark 12:42; note on Acts 6:1; and note on 1 Corinthians 7:8. Parry notes that in 1 Timothy 5:3-8 Paul discusses widows who are in distress and 1 Timothy 5:9 those who are in the employment of the local church for certain work. Evidently, as in Acts 6:1-6, so here in Ephesus there had arisen some trouble over the widows in the church. Both for individual cases of need and as a class Timothy is to show proper respect (τιμα timā keep on honouring) the widows. [source]