⁴⁴ Pilate was surprised to hear that he should have already died.^[a] And summoning ^(A)the centurion, he asked him whether he was already dead.

^39 (A)And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he^[a] breathed his last, he said, ^(B)“Truly this man was the Son^[b] of God!”