Majoring on the Minors: The Roman Centurion

In this Good Friday message from Mark 15:22–39, we focused on an unlikely and often overlooked figure: the Roman centurion who witnessed Jesus' crucifixion. As the one presiding over Christ’s death, he had likely seen countless executions—but this one was different. As Jesus breathed His last, the centurion proclaimed, “Truly this man was the Son of God.” He became the first person in Mark’s Gospel to declare Jesus' true identity—not through signs and wonders, but by simply looking at the cross.Through this "minor" character, we are reminded that clarity about who Jesus is comes when we fix our eyes on His sacrificial love. In the cross, we see not defeat, but the power of God to save. Like the centurion, we are invited to behold the crucified Christ—and in doing so, to believe.