Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.
Ver. 47. Certainly this was a righteous man] Bennet the martyr, in King Henry VIII's days, being brought to execution, the most part of the people (he exhorted them with such gravity and sobriety), as also the scribe who wrote the sentence of condemnation against him, did pronounce and confess that he was God's servant, and a good man. So when Wiseheart and March the martyrs went toward the stake, they were justified by the beholders, as innocent and godly persons. (Acts and Mon.)