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4th February 08, 04:58 PM
#33
 Originally Posted by Coemgen
St. John XIX, 23-24: “Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout. They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.”
That would be the one. And the only way I know to make a coat without a seam is knitted, even modern looms don't weave in circles. I used to have a whole article on it, with examples of knitting from that area and time period and good stuff like that, It must have disappeared through the years.
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