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Mark 15:24 Cross-References
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“And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take.”
Mark 15:24 (KJV)
Commentary on Mark 15:24
They parted his garments, casting lots upon them (διαμερίζονται τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ, βάλλοντες κλῆρον)—The Greek diamerizomai (διαμερίζομαι, 'divide among themselves') fulfills Psalm 22:18 with precision: 'They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.' Roman executioners customarily claimed the condemned's possessions as perquisites. The verb ballō (βάλλω, 'cast') + klēros (κλῆρος, 'lot') indicates dice-throwing for clothing portions.Mark's terse what every man should take emphasizes their casual indifference—gambling for a dying man's clothes beneath His cross. Yet this gamblin...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Mark 15:24
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“Father, forgive them, for they don't know what they are doing. Dividing his garments among them”
“when they had crucified Jesus”
“they divided his clothing among them”
“and carried our suffering; yet we considered him plagued”
“they pin my hands and feet.{or”
“For he hath made him to be sin for us”
“having become a curse for us. For it is written”
“that we”
“whom you killed”
“but you shall surely bury him the same day; for he who is hanged is accursed of God; that you don't defile your land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance.”