His Garments and the Scarlet Robe

The Gospel further tells that the soldiers divided the garments of Jesus among themselves and cast lots for his clothing. The Holy Spirit saw to it that this too was testified beforehand by the prophets, for David says, “They divided my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.” Nor were the prophets silent even about the robe, the scarlet robe that the soldiers are said to have put on him in mockery. Listen to Isaiah: “Who is this who comes from Edom, with garments red from Bozrah? Why are your garments red, and your clothing as though you had trodden in the winepress?” To which he himself replies, “I have trodden the winepress alone, O daughter of Zion.” For he alone is the one who has not sinned and has taken away the sins of the world. For if death could enter the world through one man, how much more could life be restored through one man who was also God! [a]