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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...

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