They divide my garments among them. They cast lots for my clothing.
⛓ Read Psalm 22 forward — the whole chapter and its afterlife →Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.
Quotation3
A formal citation — high verbal volume, often introduced by a saying-formula.
Explicit fulfillment citation: 'They parted my garments among them, and for my cloak they cast lots,' verbatim from the LXX. John reads the two clauses as distinct acts (dividing the garments, casting lots for the tunic). Maximum volume and the chapter's anchor citation.
High confidence'Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots' directly enacts Psalm 22:18, 'they divide my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.' Verbal correspondence is exact; this is the most secure Psalm-22 echo in the chapter.
High confidence'They divide my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots' — almost verbatim in 'they divided his clothing among them, casting lots.' One of the strongest Psalm 22 allusions in the crucifixion narrative.
High confidenceAllusion1
A deliberate verbal borrowing without a citation formula.
'They parted his garments among them, casting lots on them, what each should take' reproduces the psalm nearly verbatim: 'they divide my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.' This is a formal-level allusion (near-quotation of LXX Psalm 21:19) embedded in the crucifixion narration itself, and it is the clearest single proof that Mark narrates the cross through Psalm 22. Volume and explicitness are maximal.
High confidence