Neville Goddard on John 19:23-24 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read John 19 in context

Scripture Focus

23Then 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.

24They 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.

John 19:23-24

Biblical Context

In John 19:23-24, soldiers divide Jesus' garments and cast lots for the coat, fulfilling Scripture.

Neville's Inner Vision

View the scene as taking place within your own consciousness. The soldiers are the clamor of thoughts crowding your attention; the crucifixion marks the breaking of old separations inside you. The garments represent parts of your life you once wore as separate identities. Yet the coat, woven from top throughout, proclaims a unity already present in your awareness. The cast lots symbolize the illusion of life being governed by chance; nevertheless, the scripture functions as an inner law, proving that division can be seen and undone by perceiving from the I AM. When you acknowledge that you are the I AM, the outer fragments begin to dissolve into one continuous texture. The outer world then becomes the expression of a single inner state, and the garments are only costumes for the eternal you. Your awareness remains untouched by sensory events; through this inner seeing, the appearance of division yields to the truth of wholeness.

Practice This Now

Imaginatively declare, 'I am the seamless coat of awareness.' Close your eyes and picture the four parts of life returning to a single thread, feeling this unity as your present I AM.