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We read in Jn 19:23-24 (KJV):

Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout. They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be..

< Jesus was clothed befitting the Passover when he got arrested and was put on trial. It appears that the clothing ( comprising of say, five pieces) other than the piece he was made to wear on the way to Calvary (Mk 15:20), was carried by someone to the cross. The soldiers , four in number, divided it among themselves rather than hand them over to his kith and kin after the crucifixion. The coat perhaps was to be torn into pieces and taken as trophy by the executioners. But having found it a wonderful piece of work, they opted to cast the lot, to decide on the lucky winner.

< Now, if the coat was ordinary and made of joined parts ( Elsewhere, Jesus refers to the foolish work of joining old and new pieces of cloth. See Mk 2:21 ) , there again they would perhaps decide that one soldier claims the full piece. One is therefore, inclined to conclude that there is a deeper significance for John the Evangelist's statement that Jesus' coat was without seam.What do scholars say about such a perspective ?

We read in Jn 19:23-24 (KJV):

Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout. They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be..

Jesus was clothed befitting the Passover when he got arrested and was put on trial. It appears that the clothing ( comprising of say, five pieces) other than the piece he was made to wear on the way to Calvary (Mk 15:20), was carried by someone to the cross. The soldiers , four in number, divided it among themselves rather than hand it over to his kith and kin after the crucifixion. The coat perhaps was to be torn into pieces and taken as trophy by the executioners. But having found it a wonderful piece of work, they opted to cast the lot, to decide on the lucky winner.

Now, if the coat was ordinary and made of joined parts ( Elsewhere, Jesus refers to the foolish work of joining old and new pieces of cloth. See Mk 2:21 ) , there again they would perhaps decide that one soldier claims the full piece. One is therefore, inclined to conclude that there is a deeper significance for John the Evangelist's statement that Jesus' coat was without seam.What do scholars say about such a perspective ?

We read in Jn 19:23-24 (KJV):

Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout. They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be..

< Jesus was clothed befitting the Passover when he got arrested and was put on trial. It appears that the clothing other than the piece he was made to wear in the way to Calvary (Mk 15:20), was carried by someone to the cross and the soldiers , four in number, divided it among themselves rather than hand them over to his kith and kin after the crucifixion. The coat perhaps was to be torn into pieces and taken as trophy by the executioners. But having found it a wonderful piece of work, they opted to cast the lot, to decide on the lucky winner.

< Now, if the coat was ordinary and made of joined parts ( Elsewhere, Jesus refers to the foolish work of joining old and new pieces of cloth. See Mk 2:21 ) , there again they would perhaps decide that one soldier claims the full piece. One is therefore, inclined to conclude that there is a deeper significance for John the Evangelist's statement that Jesus' coat was without seam.What do scholars say about such a perspective ?

We read in Jn 19:23-24 (KJV):

Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout. They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be..

< Jesus was clothed befitting the Passover when he got arrested and was put on trial. It appears that the clothing ( comprising of say, five pieces) other than the piece he was made to wear on the way to Calvary (Mk 15:20), was carried by someone to the cross. The soldiers , four in number, divided it among themselves rather than hand them over to his kith and kin after the crucifixion. The coat perhaps was to be torn into pieces and taken as trophy by the executioners. But having found it a wonderful piece of work, they opted to cast the lot, to decide on the lucky winner.

< Now, if the coat was ordinary and made of joined parts ( Elsewhere, Jesus refers to the foolish work of joining old and new pieces of cloth. See Mk 2:21 ) , there again they would perhaps decide that one soldier claims the full piece. One is therefore, inclined to conclude that there is a deeper significance for John the Evangelist's statement that Jesus' coat was without seam.What do scholars say about such a perspective ?

DWe read in Jn 19:23-24 (KJV):

Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout. They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be..

< Jesus was clothed befitting the Passover when he got arrested and was put on trial. It appears that the clothing other than the piece he was made to wear in the way to Calvary (Mk 15:20), was carried by someone to the cross and the soldiers , four in number, divided it among themselves rather than hand them over to his kith and kin after the crucifixion. The coat perhaps was to be torn into pieces and taken as trophy by the executioners. But having found it a wonderful piece of work, they opted to cast the lot, to decide on the lucky winner.

< Now, if the coat was ordinary and made of joined parts ( Elsewhere Jesus refers to the foolish work of joining old and new pieces of cloth ) , there again they would perhaps decide that one soldier claims the full piece. One is therefore, inclined to conclude that there is a deeper significance for John the Evangelist's statement that Jesus' coat was without seam.What do scholars say about such a perspective ?

We read in Jn 19:23-24 (KJV):

Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout. They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be..

< Jesus was clothed befitting the Passover when he got arrested and was put on trial. It appears that the clothing other than the piece he was made to wear in the way to Calvary (Mk 15:20), was carried by someone to the cross and the soldiers , four in number, divided it among themselves rather than hand them over to his kith and kin after the crucifixion. The coat perhaps was to be torn into pieces and taken as trophy by the executioners. But having found it a wonderful piece of work, they opted to cast the lot, to decide on the lucky winner.

< Now, if the coat was ordinary and made of joined parts ( Elsewhere, Jesus refers to the foolish work of joining old and new pieces of cloth. See Mk 2:21 ) , there again they would perhaps decide that one soldier claims the full piece. One is therefore, inclined to conclude that there is a deeper significance for John the Evangelist's statement that Jesus' coat was without seam.What do scholars say about such a perspective ?