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What Does John 19:24 Mean?

They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.

Context

22

Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.

23

Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout . woven: or, wrought

24

They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.

25

Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. Cleophas: or, Clopas

26

When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!

Commentary

Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers
(24) **That the scripture might be fulfilled.**—Comp. Note on Matthew 1:22. **They parted my raiment among them.**—The quotation is from Psalm 22:18, closely following the Greek translation.

Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.

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