035. Seamless Coat

Seamless Coat

(John 19:23) "The coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout." In the southern part of Palestine the abba, or outside cloak, of the fellah is made of two strips of material joined by a seam. In the northern part of the country the abbas are made of one piece of material, woven throughout without a seam.

Many artists picture the Lord dressed in an outstanding and very fancy way, but coming from Galilee, He must have dressed as a Galilean peasant, and worn over his other garments a seamless abba or cloak such as they wore in northern Palestine.