“Have you believed because you have seen me?  

Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

When Jesus died, the centurion and those who were guarding him with him were terrified when they saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, and they said, “Surely this man was the Son of God!” (Matthew 27:54, Korean Modern Bible).  When Jesus was crucified, the chief priests, scribes, and elders who mocked him said that Jesus believed in God and that he “said that he was the Son of God” (vv. 41, 43), so it seems that the centurion and those who were guarding him with him knew that Jesus had said that he was the Son of God.  However, when they saw the earthquake and the things that had happened when Jesus died, they said that Jesus was truly the Son of God. I am reminded of what Jesus said to Thomas, who said that he would not believe unless he saw the nail marks in Jesus’ palms, put his finger into the nail marks, and put his hand into Jesus’ side (John 20:25, Korean Modern Bible): “Have you believed because you have seen me?  Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed” (v. 29, Korean Modern Bible).