John 19:23-24
23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His garments and made four parts, to each soldier a part, and also the tunic. Now the tunic was without seam, woven from the top in one piece. 24 They said therefore among themselves, “Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be,” that the Scripture might be fulfilled which says: “They divided My garments among them and for My clothing they cast lots.” Therefore the soldiers did these things.
Therefore the soldiers did these things - what God wrote centuries ago in Psalm 22 came true in history as Jesus was hung to suffer and die on a cross. So they stripped Him, divided up and gambled for His clothing. They wanted the wrong parts of Jesus, missing the forgiveness, reconciliation, wisdom, and unending life with God in Him. They gambled and lost everything.
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