Mark 15:24

“And when they had crucified him, etc..] Had fastened him to the cross, and reared it up, and he was hanging upon it: they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take. This last clause, “what every man should take”, is left out in the Arabic version. His garments they divided into four parts; and each soldier, as there were four of them, took a part; and upon his vesture, or seamless coat, because they would not rend it, they cast lots who should have it, and so fulfilled a prophecy in (<192218>Psalm 22:18); (see Gill on “<402735>Matthew 27:35”).”

“St. Mark seems to intimate, that they first nailed him to the cross, then parted his garments, and afterward reared up the cross. Mark 15:28”

“15:24 Crucifixion goes back to the Medes and Persians in the 600s BC. It spread to the eastern Mediterranean world in the 300s BC through Alexander the Great and became the dominant form of capital punishment in the Roman Empire until AD 337, when it was banned by Constantine. It was slow, shameful, and torturous. The victim sometimes lived for days, and crows and dogs would feed on the victims even before they died. A person could be fixed to the cross by ropes or, as with Jesus (Luke 24:39; John 20:25, 27; see Col 2:14), by nails between the bones of the victim’s wrists. To prevent premature death by asphyxiation, a footrest or a seat was often placed on the vertical beam. • All four…”

“crucified: Deu 21:23; Psa 22:16, Psa 22:17; Isa 53:4-8; Act 5:30; Co2 5:21; Gal 3:13; Pe1 2:24 they parted: Psa 22:18; Mat 27:35, Mat 27:36; Luk 23:34; Joh 19:23, Joh 19:24 Mark 15:25”