Question: Matthew, Mark, and John record casting lots to divide Jesus' clothing. John adds the Old Testament quote from Psalm 22:18 and provides other details:

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> When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his garments and divided them into four parts, one part for each soldier; also his tunic. But the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom. so they said to one another, “Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it to see whose it shall be.” This was to fulfill the Scripture which says, “They divided my garments among them,
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John records the clothing was divided into four parts and there was one piece of clothing which the soldiers did not want to tear: a tunic seamless which had been woven together "from the top."

"From the top" calls attention to the veil separating the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place which both Matthew (27:51) and Mark (15:38) record as being torn in two from the top. However, the tearing of the veil is a detail John chose to omit.

Is John intending a comparison of the tunic to the veil? If so what is the importance of the tunic remaining intact in contrast to the Temple veil which had to be torn apart?

Answer: 
'**The tunic was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom**'. That's what "*sewn from the top*" means. It's a special type of weaving - something akin to seamless knitting (on circular needles) except through weaving.

Weaving a seamless garment was a special skill, out of the ordinary and exceedingly rare - so quite valuable. This detail implies the garment was specially woven for Yehshua, perhaps even the product of a mother's hand, or possibly a close follower - like Mary Magdalene.

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> Notice the prophecy in **Psalm 22:18** - ***They divide my clothes among them and cast lots for my garment***.
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> * They divide my clothes among them; and
> * {they} cast lots for my garment.
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> Why divide **AND** cast lots? 
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> **ANSWER**: The detail contained in **Matthew 27:3** provides the answer to the riddle of **Psalm 22:18**. The clothes that could be divided were divided, yet one was seamless *sewn from the top* and quite valuable so sought after. Lots were drawn for the tunic because of its value.
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Christ came in the fullness of time close to the 4,000 year mark after Adam. The fourth day is when the material universe (cosmos) came to be and light was divided from darkness.
He took on the sin of the world and His garment was symbolically divided into four pieces (for the four corners of the world).
The four gospels are given as witness to what Jesus did. And He will only return when the whole gospel is preached to the whole world.
I believe that’s what the divided four pieces represent. The inner garment that was seamless probably represented His character as others have said but the hidden component, the Living Word, His divine person could not be divided. His body human - broken for the World, His divinity robed within experiencing everything firsthand.