23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his clothing and made four shares—for each soldier a share—and the tunic. (Now the tunic was seamless, woven from the top in a single piece.)Literally "through the whole"24 So they said to one another, "Let us not tear it apart, but cast lots for it, to see whose it will be," so that the scripture would be fulfilled that says,
"They divided my garments among themselves,
and for my clothing they cast lots."A quotation from Ps 22:18
Thus the soldiers did these things.
25 Now his mother and the sister of his mother, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene were standing near the cross of Jesus. 26 So Jesus, seeing his*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun mother and the disciple whom he loved standing there, said to his*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun mother, "Woman, behold your son!" 27 Then he said to the disciple, "Behold your mother!" And from that hour the disciple took her into his own home.