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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.
Note 8 at Jn. 19:24: The fulfillment of prophecy is one of the most convincing proofs of who Jesus was (see note 1 at Mt. 26:24, p. 420). This particular fulfillment of prophecy is so specific that it should remove anyone's doubt that Jesus was the Christ. They divided part of His clothing among them and cast lots for His vesture exactly as David had predicted in Psalm 22:18: "They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture." This left Jesus totally naked to endure the mockery of the Jews and the torture of crucifixion.
