Week 41 John
Right near the end of his gospel John tells about the crucifixion.
Four soldiers crucified Jesus and then: divided his clothes among the four of them. They also took his robe, but it was seamless, woven in one piece from the top. So they said, “Let’s not tear it but throw dice to see who gets it.” The other gospel writers tell the same story but only John adds a sidebar to the OT: this fulfilled the Scripture that says, “They divided my clothes among themselves and threw dice for my robe.”
The cross-reference in my bible points to Psalm 22. When I look there it says: they divide my clothes among themselves and throw dice for my garments. It’s a psalm that David wrote. I see other things too:
My God! Why have you forsaken me?
Everyone who sees me mocks me
My enemies surround me like a herd of bulls
All my bones are out of joint
They have pierced my hands and feet.
The whole section sounds eerily like the Lord’s crucifixion.
Whatever happened to David must have been pretty harrowing since he described it like this. And even though he wasn’t crucified and he didn’t die his experience was scarifying enough he turned it into an uncannily accurate and explicit forecast that was actualized and came true in the Lord’s dying.
Note: quotes from John 19:23-24, Psalm 22:18, 1, 7, 12, 14, 16 (NLT)