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22 Pilate responded, “What I have written, I have written”.

The Soldiers Take His Garments, Fulfilling Psalm 22

23 Then the soldiers, when they crucified Jesus, took His garments and made four parts— a part for each soldier— and the tunic[a]. Now the tunic was seamless, woven from the top through the whole. 24 So they said to one another, “Let us not tear it, but let us cast-lots for it to decide whose it will be”— in order that the Scripture [in Ps 22:18] might be fulfilled, the one saying, “They divided My garments among themselves, and they cast a lot for My clothing”. So indeed, the soldiers did these things.

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Footnotes

  1. John 19:23 That is, the undergarment. Jesus was naked.

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