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Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching
St Irenaeus of Lyons, tr. Robinson, 1920
Chapter 80
And again David says: They looked upon me,1 they parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture they cast lots. For at His crucifixion the soldiers parted His garments as they were wont; and the garments they parted by tearing; but for2 the vesture, because it was woven from the top and was not sewn, they cast lots, that to whomsoever it should fall he should take it.
Notes
- Ps. xxii. 17 f.
- Cf. John xix. 23 f.