Cyprian allegory on John 19:23

[Steven Avery]

Cyprian of Carthage on John 19:23 - Catena Bible & Commentaries

Holy Scripture speaks, saying, "But of the coat, because it was not sewed, but woven from the top throughout, they said one to another, Let us not rend it, but cast lots whose it shall be."

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Thirdly, Cyprian sometimes used allegorical interpretation even in places where his quotations seem text-based. In chapter seven of Unit. eccl, Cyprian proposes an unlikely allegorical interpretation of John 19:23: These are the words of Holy Scripture: Now as to His coat, because it was from the upper part woven throughout without a seam, they said to one another: Let us not divide it, but let us cast lots for it, whose it shall be. The ‘oneness’ with which He was clothed came ‘from the upper part,’ that is, from His Father in heaven, and could in no way be divided by whoever came to acquire it: it retained its well-knit wholeness indivisibly. That man cannot possess the garment of Christ, who rends and divides the Church of Christ.