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NASB | Matthew 27:35 ¶ And when they had crucified Him, they divided up His garments among themselves by casting lots. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 27:35 ¶ And when they had crucified Him, they divided His clothes among them by casting lots. [Ps 22:18] |
Subject: Was Jesus crucified naked? |
Bible Note: Hello Watchman, thank you for your response. Your thought patterns are quite interesting, but may be a bit misleading. "there was no cover up for sin." ?? Absolutely, in Both Covenants: How blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered! (Psa 32:1) Actually, this has nothing to do with how Jesus died. As I said before, it is why He died that is important. So, going along with your argument that we are clothed to cover up a sinful nature, since the second Adam, Jesus , had never sinned, why did He not spend His entire life sans clothing? And where do we read in Genesis that Adam was born naked? May I encourage you to dwell upon these words from C. H. Spurgeon: First, it is the glory of God to cover sin. Secondly, this is a great encouragement to penitent sinners; and thirdly, it ought to be a great stimulus to saints. It is the glory of God to cover sin: This is the expression which is commonly used in Scripture to describe the putting away of sin and forgiving it. God covers the very thing which the magistrate searches out—the guilt, the breach of His law, the aggravations, the multiplied repetitions of sin, the base motives, the many excuses and deceits with which sin is sought to be extenuated—all this God covers. Hear this and be astonished, O ye sinners: God can cover all your sins no matter how black they are, or how many, or how deep their dye, he can cover them all! From: sermon (No. 2838) at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington, on Lord’s Day evening, July 15th, 1877. |