Monday, October 7 The assembly of evildoers themselves have enclosed me. Like a lion they are at my hands and my feet.— Ps. 22:16. Reporting an event well-known to Bible readers, the Gospel writer Mark states: “It was now the third hour [about nine o’clock in the morning], and they impaled him.” ( Mark 15:25) It had also been foretold that the Messiah would be numbered with sinners. “He poured out his soul to the very death,” wrote Isaiah, “and it was with the transgressors that he was counted in.” ( Isa. 53:12) So it was that “two robbers were impaled with [Jesus], one on his right and one on his left.” ( Matt. 27:38) “They apportion my garments among themselves,” wrote the psalmist, “and upon my clothing they cast lots.” ( Ps. 22:18) That is what occurred, for “when [the Roman soldiers] had impaled [Jesus] they distributed his outer garments by casting lots.”— Matt. 27:35; John 19:23, 24. w11 8/15 2:12, 14
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