When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his garments and divided them into four parts, one part for each soldier; also his tunic. But the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom, so they said to one another, “Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it to see whose it shall be.” This was to fulfill the Scripture which says,**
**“They divided my garments among them, **and for my clothing they cast lots.” John 19:23-24

One of the things I notice from reading this is that the soldiers took Jesus’ clothes and divided them. There were four soldiers and they divided the clothes into 4 parts. However, there was one piece that was of special interest: His tunic. This piece of clothing was “seamless” which meant it wasn’t pieced together like many items of clothes usually are. This piece of clothing was made of one piece of cloth. This meant that whoever made it would have measured Jesus, been close to Him personally, and thus it would have been a special item to Jesus.

Instead of tearing the garment and rendering it worthless and useless, they decide to gamble for it by throwing dice. This, a possible common activity of soldiers, also fulfilled prophecy (Psalm 22:18). They decide not to tear it because of the intrinsic value it has. In contrast, I see that something was torn when Jesus died. In Matthew’ s account of Jesus’ crucifixion, it says:

51 And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And the earth shook, and the rocks were split. 52 The tombs also were opened. And many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised, 53 and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many. Matthew 27:51-53.

Jesus’ tunic wasn’t ripped in two at His death but the veil in the Temple was! Because Jesus wore this tunic, allowed His body to be broken, the veil in the Temple was torn down and removed forever. The temple veil was ripped from top to bottom, symbolizing the effort was made by God and not man. The earth was ripped open by an earthquake, rocks were split open but not Jesus’ tunic! On the day that Jesus died, His tunic went to one man, whole, while He was offered up, beaten and ripped as a sacrifice for us all.

19 Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, 20 by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Hebrews 10:19-21 ESV