John 19:24 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

That the scripture might be fulfilled. — Comp. Note on Matthew 1:22.

They parted my raiment among them. — The quotation is from Psalms 22:18, closely following the Greek translation.

John 19:24

24 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.