The Crucifixion Foretold

Ten centuries before the cross, a psalm said a dying man's clothes would be divided.

Psalm 22:18 · KJV

Every panel below is a frame from the finished film, in order. Scripture is in red. The video version is coming to YouTube.

Panel 1: A song recorded exactly how a dying man's clothes would be divided — A song recorded exactly how a dying man's clothes would be divided

Panel 2: Psalm twenty-two — Psalm twenty-two

Panel 3: David wrote it. But David was never executed. He died an old man — David wrote it. But David was never executed. He died an old man

Panel 4: He was describing someone else — He was describing someone else

Panel 5: Stripped, surrounded, his life poured out — Stripped, surrounded, his life poured out

Panel 6: The dying man's killers would divide his clothes, and cast lots — The dying man's killers would divide his clothes, and cast lots

Panel 7: They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture. — DAVID - PSALM 22:18 "They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture."

Panel 8: A thousand years later, John watched it at the cross — A thousand years later, John watched it at the cross

Panel 9: that the scripture might be fulfilled. — JOHN - 19:24b "that the scripture might be fulfilled."

Panel 10: God had it written down, so you would know the cross was no accident — God had it written down, so you would know the cross was no accident

Panel 11: It was the plan — It was the plan

Panel 12: The suffering man of Psalm twenty-two has a name: Jesus — The suffering man of Psalm twenty-two has a name: Jesus

Panel 13: They rolled dice for the clothes off His back — They rolled dice for the clothes off His back

Panel 14: Laying down His life to win you back — Laying down His life to win you back

The narration

Ten centuries before the cross, a song recorded exactly how a dying man's clothes would be divided up. Psalm twenty-two. David wrote it in the first person, but David himself was never executed; he died an old man. He was describing someone else: stripped, surrounded, his life poured out. Watch one line, he wrote that the dying man's killers would divide his clothes, and cast lots for them: "They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture." A thousand years later, John watched it at the cross, soldiers dividing Jesus' clothes, then casting lots for the seamless coat, "that the scripture might be fulfilled". A thousand years early, God had it written down, so when it happened, you'd know the cross was no accident. It was the plan. The suffering man of Psalm twenty-two has a name: Jesus. They rolled dice for the clothes off His back, never seeing what He was really doing, laying down His life to win you back.