They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture. But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me. (Psalm 22, Verse 18 - 19)

Damals war es üblich gewesen, daß die Soldaten die Habseligkeiten eines Verurteilten unter sich aufteilten. Der Mantel von Jesus war aus einem Stück Stoff gewesen, und um ihn nicht zu zerschneiden, warfen sie das Los darüber. Das wird uns in den Evangelien berichtet. Ist es nicht phänomenal, daß diese Tatsache in einem viele Jahrhunderte zuvor geschriebenen Lied bereits geschildert wird?
Aber was ist es, das wir zu tun haben? Ist die Geschichte hier zu Ende? Nein, ganz und gar nicht. Das war lediglich der dunkelste Punkt. Danach ging das Licht auf. Morgen mehr darüber.

In those days it had be a custom that the soldiers got the possessions of the person that had been sentenced to death. Jesus' coat had been made of one piece of cloth and in order not to cut it into pieces they cast the lot upon it. This is being reported in the Gospel in the New Testament. Yet isn't it great, that this fact had already been written down in a song that had been made many hundreds of years ahead of this event?
Yet what do we have to do in this whole thing? Is this the end of the story? No, not at all. This had just been the darkest point of it. After that the light arose again. Tomorrow you will read more about it.