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The ldie divide
518 CHRIST REDEEMS THE WORLD
THE INS I ON ON THE CROSS
mocked Him, sa ng, ''If Thou be the King of the Jews, save Thyself.''
Meanwhile, someone had told Annas and Caiphas what Pilate had written on the title over the cross of Jesus. Immediately, they went to him and said, "Write not, The King of the Jews, but that He said, I King of the Jews.'' But Pilate answered, ''Wh I have written, I have written."
It was the custom for the soldiers who guarded a .. .
man who was cruc1" ed to d1v1de h1s garments amongst
::Jf themselves. Without much argument, they disposed
Jesus
of the outer cloak of Jesus, the girdle and the sandals. But when they came to the inner garment, which had been woven in one piece, without a seam, they were puzzled. If they attempted to divide this, they would destroy it. They said, then, one to another, "Let us not cut it, but let us cast lots for it, in order to nd out whose it shall be."
Thus were ful lled the words of the Psalmist, who wrote, ''They have parted My garments among them, and upon My vesture they have cast lots.''
All the while, the Pharisees and the members of the Sanhedrin continued to heap insults upon our blessed