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23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His outer clothes and made four parts, a part for each soldier, and also the tunic. But the [a]tunic was seamless, woven [in one piece] from the top throughout.(A) 24 So they said to one another, “Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it, to decide whose it will be.” This was to fulfill the Scripture, “They divided My outer clothing among them, and for My clothing they cast lots.”(B) 25 So the soldiers did these things.

But standing by the cross of Jesus were His mother, His mother’s sister [[b]Salome], [c]Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. John 19:23 Gr khiton, the long shirtlike undergarment worn next to the skin.
  2. John 19:25 The mother of the apostles John and James, the sons of Zebedee.
  3. John 19:25 The mother of James the Younger (also called James the Less). Believed to be a sister or sister-in-law of Jesus’ mother.

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