{Four parts} (	essera mer(885c)). There were four soldiers,
the usual quaternion (	etradion,  Ac 12:9 ) besides the
centurion ( Mr 15:39  Mt 27:54  Lu 23:47 ). The clothes
(himatia, outer clothes) of the criminal were removed before
the crucifixion and belonged to the soldiers. Luke ( Lu 23:34 )
mentions the division of the garments, but not the number four.
The four pieces would be the head gear, the sandals, the girdle,
the 	allith (outer garment with fringes). {The coat was without
seam} (ho chit(936e) araphos). For chit(936e) (the inner garment) see
 Mt 5:40 . Araphos is compound of a privative and 
apt(935c), to
sew together, and so seamless (unsewed together), only here in
N.T. It occurs elsewhere in Josephus, _Ant_. III. 6, 4. {Woven}
(huphantos). Verbal (old word) from huphain(935c) (some MSS. in
 Lu 12:27 ), only here in N.T.