Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.
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Ephrem The Syrian
AD 373
Jesus’ kinsfolk stood far off so that [the word of the psalmist] might be fulfilled: “My neighbors stood far off.” They killed him before the sabbath, while there was opportunity for death, and before the sabbath they buried him, while there was place for mourning. For the sabbath itself is the boundary mark for toil, and on it all distress must remain [hidden] within. There is no place for suffering on it, and neither has it any share in corruption. Commentary on Tatian’s Diatessaron
