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John 19:23

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¶ 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.
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  1. Luke 23:34Rank 1 from verse 23
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    34¶ Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.

  2. Mark 15:24Rank 2 from verse 23
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    24And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take.

  3. Matthew 27:35Rank 3 from verse 23
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    35And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.

  4. Exodus 39:22–23Rank 4 from verse 23
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    22¶ And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue.

    23And there was an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of an habergeon, with a band round about the hole, that it should not rend.

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John 19:23

COMBINED MEANING

crucified

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1. Put to death by being fastened to a cross. 2. By figure, treated as crucified or put to death in relation to sin.

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COMBINED MEANING

made

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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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parts

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Sense 1: Portions or divisions of a whole. Sense 2: Divides, separates, departs, or assigns shares.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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every

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Each individual or member of the class, group, place, time, side, or kind named; all distributively.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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soldier

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Sense 1: A person serving in an army under a commander. Sense 2: Figuratively, a person pictured as serving and enduring hardship under a leader.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

part

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Sense 1: A portion or division of a whole. Sense 2: To divide, separate, depart, or share.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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without

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Outside or on the exterior; beyond a boundary; lacking, absent, free from, not accompanied by, or apart from the person, thing, condition, means, or relation named.

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COMBINED MEANING

seam

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The suture or uniting of two edges of cloth by the needle.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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woven

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Past-tense or past-participial form of weave (to interlace threads or other strands to form cloth, a net, or a web).

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COMBINED MEANING

throughout

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Through every part, place, member, or extent of; all over; during or from beginning to end of the whole stated area, group, or period.

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22Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.

23¶ 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.

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24They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.

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