A Commentary on the Apostles' Creed 25
25 Section 25 PL 21, 362
25. The Gospel further relates that the soldiers parted the garments of Jesus among themselves, and cast lots upon His vesture. The Holy Spirit provided that this also should be witnessed beforehand by the Prophets, for David says, “They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture they did cast lots.” Nor were the Prophets silent even as to the robe, the scarlet robe, which the soldiers are said to have put upon Him in mockery. Listen to Isaiah, “Who is this that cometh from Edom, red in his garments from Bozrah? Wherefore are thy garments red, and thy raiment as though thou hadst trodden in the wine-press?” To which Himself replies, “I have trodden the wine-press alone, O daughter of Sion.” For He alone it is Who hath not sinned, and hath taken away the sins of the world. For if by one man death could enter into the world, how much more by one man, Who was God also, could life be restored!
Docet Evangelii praedicatio, quod etiam milites diviserunt sibi vestimenta Jesu, et super tunicam ejus miserunt 88 sortem. Hoc etiam curae fuit Spiritui Sancto prophetarum vocibus protestari, cum David dicit: Diviserunt sibi vestimenta mea, et super vestem meam miserunt sortem . Sed ne de illa quidem veste quam dicuntur milites illudentes induisse eum, id est, de veste coccinea Prophetae siluerunt. Audi enim quid dicat Esaias: Quis est hic, qui venit de Edom, rubor vestimentorum ejus ex Bosra? Quare rubicunda sunt vestimenta tua, et indumentum tuum tanquam in torculari calcatum ? Unde et ipse respondit: Torcular calcavi solus, filiae Sion (Ibidem). Solus est, qui peccatum non fecit, et abstulit peccata [Al. peccatum] mundi. Si enim potuit per unum hominem mors introire, quanto magis per unum hominem, qui et Deus erat, potuit vita restitui?