Psalm 22:18 (WEB)
They divide my garments among them. They cast lots for my clothing.
Fathers and councils · 20
Irenaeus of Lyons
“…day long; and that He should be mocked and maligned by those who looked upon Him; and that His garments should be parted, and lots cast upon His raiment; and that He should be brought down to the dust of death with all [the other] things of a like nature—prophesied His coming in the character of a man as He…” — editor's note: Ps. xxii. 18.
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Tertullian
“…exterminated my hands and feet;” and, “They put into my drink gall, and in my thirst they slaked me with vinegar;” “Upon my vesture they did cast (the) lot;” just as the other (outrages) which you were to commit on Him were foretold,—all which He, actually and thoroughly suffering, suffered not for any evil action…” — editor's note: Ps. xxii. 18 (xxi. 19 in LXX.).
Read the whole comment““He was numbered with the transgressors;” “He was pierced in His hands and His feet;” “they cast lots for his raiment;” “they gave Him gall, and made Him drink vinegar;” “they shook their heads, and mocked Him;” “He was appraised by the traitor in thirty pieces of silver.”” — editor's note: Ver. 18.
Read the whole comment“Although His raiment was, without doubt, parted among the soldiers, and partly distributed by lot, yet Marcion has erased it all (from his Gospel), for he had his eye upon the Psalm: “They parted my garments amongst them, and cast lots upon my vesture.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxii. 18.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“They know, the diligent chanters of the Church, who imitate the Angel hosts, and continually sing praises to God: who are thought worthy to chant Psalms in this Golgotha, and to say, They parted My garments among them, and upon My vesture they did cast lots.” — editor's note: Ps. xxii. 18, quoted in John xix. 24.
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Augustine of Hippo
“…My feet, they numbered all My bones; but they themselves regarded and beheld Me; they divided among them My garments, and upon My vesture they cast the lot;” but ye see that which was in the same Psalm foretold, and now is clearly fulfilled; “All the ends of the earth shall remember and be turned unto the Lord, and…” — editor's note: Ps xxii. 16, 17, 18; John xix. 23, 24
Read the whole comment““They divided My garments for themselves, and cast the lot upon My vesture” (ver. 18).” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“Is it haply He, of whom so long before it was predicted, “They pierced My Hands and My Feet, they numbered all My Bones, they stared and looked upon Me, they have parted My Garments among them, and cast lots for My Vesture”?” — editor's note: Ps. xxii. 16–18.
Read the whole comment“For there we have, “They parted My garments among them, and cast lots upon My vesture.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxii. 18.
Read the whole comment“For the future Passion of our Lord Himself was foretold: and yet it says, “They pierced My hands and My feet.” — editor's note: Ps. xxii. 16–18.
Read the whole comment“Such also is that passage, “They have parted my garments among them, and have cast lots upon my vesture:” for here also he has not said, They will part my garments among them, and will cast lots upon my vesture.” — editor's note: Ps. xxii. 18.
Read the whole comment“Hear a testimony for the Head; “They digged My Hands and My Feet, they numbered all My Bones; and they looked and stared upon Me; they divided My garments among them, and cast lots upon My vesture.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxi. 17–19, Sept. (xxii. 16–18, English version).
Read the whole comment“And he adds, “They parted my garments among them, and over my vesture they cast lots.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxii. 18, 19.
Read the whole comment“Let one enemy blush, for it is another enemy that gives me the book.” — editor's note: Ps. xxii. 17–29.
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Justin Martyr
“And again, in other words, David in the twenty-first Psalm thus refers to the suffering and to the cross in a parable of mystery: ‘They pierced my hands and my feet; they counted all my bones.” — editor's note: That is, Ps. xxii. 16–18.
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John Chrysostom
“…not, “They shall pierce My hands and My feet,” but “They pierced My hands and My feet, and parted My garments among them, and cast lots upon My vesture” ( Ps. xxii. 16, 18 ); and discoursing of the traitor as yet unborn, he says, “He which did eat of My bread, hath lifted up his heel against Me” ( Ps. xli. 9 );…” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“And elsewhere he mentions also the image of the cross, saying on this wise, “They pierced my hand and my feet,”and those things which the soldiers were emboldened to do, he adds with all exactness, “For they parted my garments,” saith he, “among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxii. 18.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- JeromeCatena Aurea on Matthew
“This which was now done to Christ had been prophesied in the Psalm, “They parted my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.” [Ps 22:18] It proceeds, “And sitting down, they watched him there.”” — the author cites it
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Aphrahat
“They gazed and looked upon me, and divided my garments amongst them, and upon my vesture did they cast the lot.” — editor's note: Ps. xxii. 17–19.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“I will declare Thy name unto my brethren; in the midst of the Church I will praise Thee.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxii. 16–22.
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Cross-references · 14
Cited together with
Cited together in The City of God XVII.17.
Cited together in The City of God XVII.17.
Cited together in The City of God XVII.17.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 97.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 97.
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 27:35–38 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 27:35–38 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 27:35–38 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 27:35–38 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 97.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 97.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 97.
Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.
Quoted in
John 19:24 takes up the words of Psalm 22:18 (10 words in common).
