What does John 19:21 Mean?

Context Summary

Just outside the city gates, beside the main road, was a little conical eminence, which from its resemblance to a skull was called in Aramaic, Golgotha, and in Latin, Calvary. As we speak of the brow of a hill, they called the bald eminence a skull. The three languages in which the inscription was written stand for religion, government, and science. Note that every one of us is unconsciously writing his verdict about Jesus Christ; and when once it is written, there is no altering it. We may be forgiven, but the past cannot be obliterated.

The clothes of the crucified were the perquisite of the soldiers. But Christ's were so poor that they were not worth keeping entire, except the inner tunic, the gift of someone's-it may well have been His mother's-love. What a contrast! Above, the consummate evidence of love working out the plan of eternity; below, the appeal of ignorance and brutality to chance. [source]

Chapter Summary: John 19

¹  Jesus is scourged, crowned with thorns, and beaten
⁴  Pilate is desirous to release him,
¹⁵  but being overcome with the outrage of the crowd, he delivers him to be crucified
²³  They cast lots for his garments
²⁵  He commends his mother to John
²⁸  He dies
³¹  His side is pierced
³⁸  He is buried by Joseph and Nicodemus