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Matthew Poole and continuators on John 19:24

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John19:24

24 They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rent it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fu[illegible: 1 letter]filled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the souldiers did .

This made them chuse rather to cast lots for that, than to divide it, as they had done his inward garments. But there was something more in it than the Souldiers knew; Christ hereby proved a true Antitype to David, who said of himself figuratively, Psal. 22.18. They part my garments amongst them, and cast lots upon my vesture; by which he meant no more, than that his enemies loaded themselves with his spoils: those words which figuratively were true of David, proved literally true as to Christ. Thus vile and wicked men are fulfilling the Scriptures, when they little think of it.

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