John 19:24

Therefore, they said to one another, Let us not tear it but let us cast lots for it + 19:24 Esth 3:7 to see whose it will be. They did this in order that the Kitvei Hakodesh might be fulfilled, that which says, YECHALKU VEGADAI LAHEM V'AL LEVUSHI YAPILU GORAL (They divide my garments among them and for my clothing they cast lots). + 19:24 Ps 22:18 [19], Ex 28:32 Therefore the chaiyalim did these things.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

23Therefore the chaiyalim (soldiers), when they hanged Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach on HaEtz, took his garments and divided them into arba'ah (four) parts, to each chaiyal (soldier) a part. They also took his kesones. + 19:23 Lv 16:4; Ps 110:4 Now the kesones was seamless, woven from the top in one piece.

25But there had stood beside HaEtz (Tree) of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach his Em (Mother) and the achot (sister) of his Em, and Miryam the wife of Klofah, and Miryam from Magdala.

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Cross References

Psalms 22:18I can count all my atzmot; 1 the people stare and gloat at me. 1

John 10:35If those ones he called g-ds, to whom the Dvar Hashem came and LO YUFAR KITVEI HAKODESH (and the Kitvei Hakodesh cannot be broken), + 10:35 Ps 119:89,142

John 19:28After this, having had da'as that already everything has become shleimah, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, that the Kitvei Hakodesh may be fulfilled, says, Ani tzameh (I thirst). + 19:28 Ps 22:15 [16]

Acts 13:27For the ones dwelling in Yerushalayim and their moshlim (rulers) did not have da'as of this one or of the devarim of the Nevi'im being read every Shabbos; they fulfilled these devarim by condemning him.

Matthew Henry on John 19:20-31

The Inscription on the Cross; The Crucifixion. 19 And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. 20 This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin. 21 Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews. 22 Pilate answered, What I have written I have written. 23 Then the… Read the whole commentary →

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