Mark 15:24

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And having crucified him, they were dividing his garments, casting a lot upon them, what each may take;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ σταυρώσαντες αὐτόν, διεμερίζον τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ, βάλλοντες κλῆρον ἐπʼ αὐτά, τίς τί ἄρῃ.

Transliteration

And having-staurōsantes him, they-diemerzon the himatia of-him, ballontes klēron upon them, who what might-arē.

Grammar Details

• *staurōsantes*: participle, aorist, active, nominative, masculine, plural - having crucified
• *diemerzon*: verb, imperfect, active, indicative, 3rd, plural - they were dividing
• *himatia*: noun, accusative, neuter, plural - garments/clothes
• *ballontes*: participle, present, active, nominative, masculine, plural - casting/throwing
• *klēron*: noun, accusative, masculine, singular - lot
• *arē*: verb, aorist, active, subjunctive, 3rd, singular - might take/receive

Word Meanings

• *staurōsantes*: having crucified/having nailed to the cross
• *diemerzon*: were dividing/were distributing
• *himatia*: garments/clothes/outer garments
• *ballontes*: casting/throwing/placing
• *klēron*: lot/dice
• *arē*: might take/might receive/might get

Referenced Verses

• Deut 21:23 : 23 his corpse doth not remain on the tree, for thou dost certainly bury him in that day -- for a thing lightly esteemed of God `is' the hanged one -- and thou dost not defile thy ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee -- an inheritance.
• Ps 22:16-18 : 16 And to the dust of death thou appointest me, For surrounded me have dogs, A company of evil doers have compassed me, Piercing my hands and my feet. 17 I count all my bones -- they look expectingly, They look upon me, 18 They apportion my garments to themselves, And for my clothing they cause a lot to fall.
• Isa 53:4-8 : 4 Surely our sicknesses he hath borne, And our pains -- he hath carried them, And we -- we have esteemed him plagued, Smitten of God, and afflicted. 5 And he is pierced for our transgressions, Bruised for our iniquities, The chastisement of our peace `is' on him, And by his bruise there is healing to us. 6 All of us like sheep have wandered, Each to his own way we have turned, And Jehovah hath caused to meet on him, The punishment of us all. 7 It hath been exacted, and he hath answered, And he openeth not his mouth, As a lamb to the slaughter he is brought, And as a sheep before its shearers is dumb, And he openeth not his mouth. 8 By restraint and by judgment he hath been taken, And of his generation who doth meditate, That he hath been cut off from the land of the living? By the transgression of My people he is plagued,
• Matt 27:35-36 : 35 And having crucified him, they divided his garments, casting a lot, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken by the prophet, `They divided my garments to themselves, and over my vesture they cast a lot;' 36 and sitting down, they were watching him there,
• Luke 23:34 : 34 And Jesus said, `Father, forgive them, for they have not known what they do;' and parting his garments they cast a lot.
• John 19:23-24 : 23 The soldiers, therefore, when they did crucify Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to each soldier a part, also the coat, and the coat was seamless, from the top woven throughout, 24 they said, therefore, to one another, `We may not rend it, but cast a lot for it, whose it shall be;' that the Writing might be fulfilled, that is saying, `They divided my garments to themselves, and upon my raiment they did cast a lot;' the soldiers, therefore, indeed, did these things.
• Acts 5:30 : 30 and the God of our fathers did raise up Jesus, whom ye slew, having hanged upon a tree;
• 2 Cor 5:21 : 21 for him who did not know sin, in our behalf He did make sin, that we may become the righteousness of God in him.
• Gal 3:13 : 13 Christ did redeem us from the curse of the law, having become for us a curse, for it hath been written, `Cursed is every one who is hanging on a tree,'
• 1 Pet 2:24 : 24 who our sins himself did bear in his body, upon the tree, that to the sins having died, to the righteousness we may live; by whose stripes ye were healed,