Friday, February 28, 2020

john 19: 23-24, Jesus' garments

According to the Gospel of John, the soldiers who crucified Jesus did not divide his tunic after crucifying him, but cast lots to determine who would keep it because it was woven in one piece, without seam. A distinction is made in the New Testament Greek between the himatia (literally “over-garments”) and the seamless robe, which is chiton, (literally "tunic" or "coat").

"Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments (ta himatia) and divided them into four parts, to every soldier a part, and the coat (kai ton chitona). Now the coat was without seam, woven whole from the top down. Therefore, they said among themselves, let us not tear it, but cast lots for it, whose it will become. Thus the saying in Scripture was fulfilled: they divided My raiment (ta imatia) among them, and upon My vesture (epi ton himatismon) did they cast lots."
— John 19:23–24; quoting the Septuagint version of Psalm 21 [22]:18–19



https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Holy_Tunic_of_Jesus_Christ_in_Trier,_Germany.JPG (click on this link for the image. click on the image to zoom in.)
Ghazwan Mattoka / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)


The Seamless Robe of Jesus, the robe said to have been worn by Jesus shortly before his crucifixion, is the best-known relic of the cathedral. It is kept in an annex chapel and shown to the public infrequently, most recently in 2012.









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