Yesterday, at the Good Friday service, I heard again those words about the guards casting lots for Jesus' tunic - the seamless tunic. And what really struck me was what was it like to be the person who won it? What did it feel like to wear Jesus' tunic? Did it change who that guard was, what he thought or did? Did he hear, later on, about Jesus' Resurrection? Did that 'spook' him - was he afraid to wear to wear the tunic - Jesus' tunic?
Why the specific mention that it was seamless? Yes, that explained the guards' reluctance to tear it up, I suppose, and it makes it sound special, perhaps even perfect . The writer must have attached some special meaning to that garment to make note of it like that...
And what about the hands that made it? Where did it come from? Was it made especially for Jesus - a gift from a devoted admirer, or perhaps someone who had been healed? Or was it passed down to Jesus from someone who no longer needed or wanted it? How many people wore it after Jesus, and did they always have a special feeling when they wore it? Isn't it strange that the emphasis has been put on the shroud of Turin - Jesus' grave cloths - rather than the tunic that he must have worn when he was healing and teaching...
There was another important cloak - Joseph's coat of many colours - and again the story doesn't follow the coat, but it seemed important enough to mention...
So many things to muse about on a sombre Saturday morning...
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