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Luke 23:47-49 Now when the centurion saw what had taken place, he praised God, saying, “Certainly this man was innocent!” And all the crowds that had assembled for this spectacle, when they saw what had taken place, returned home beating their breasts. And all his acquaintances and the women who had followed him from Galilee stood at a distance watching these things.

Luke summarizes well the responses of those who witnessed Christ's death.  This centurion, who had witnessed everything from the trials of Jesus on, attests to Jesus' inncence, and in the other Gospels, to His being the Son of God.  It was a brief, but intense time with Jesus that convinced Him of this.  The crowds, rather than being relieved that some criminal would bother them no more, were now realizing this was just not right.  And those who followed Him, even if from a distance, were in a daze.  Maybe in a sense we should have a mix of all these emotional responses as we look back on Christ's suffering and sacrifice - it was unjust, unthinkable, but so true to Who He is as the Son of God.  Amazing Grace indeed.