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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - John 19:23 - 19:23
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Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts; to every soldier - the four who nailed Him to the cross, and whose perquisite they were.
a part, and also his coat - the Roman tunic, or close-fitting vest.
without seam, woven from the top throughout - “perhaps denoting considerable skill and labor as necessary to produce such a garment, the work probably of one or more of the women who ministered in such things unto Him, Luk 8:3” [Webster and Wilkinson].