But Pilate answered them, "What I have written, I have written." He meant that whatever he had placed upon the cross must stand there unchanged. It was also the custom of the Romans when a man was crucified to give his clothes to the soldiers who fixed him on the cross. Four soldiers were in charge of the cross. These men divided the clothes of Jesus among them, each taking one garment. But one garment was left over, the shirt of Jesus. This was all woven in one piece, not sewed together; so the soldiers said: "Let us not tear it, but cast lots to settle whose it shall be." They threw upon the ground little square pieces of ivory having spots upon them. These squares were called dice. Each soldier threw one ivory piece; and they counted the spots on the side that was uppermost. The soldier whose piece showed the highest number took the shirt of Jesus as his own. One of the disciples of Jesus was standing near, and saw the soldiers dividing the clothes of Jesus, and he thought of the words in the twenty-second psalm, as a prophecy or foretelling of what should happen to Christ. These were the words of the psalm, written many hundred years before: "They shared my garments among them, And over my clothing they cast lots." The soldiers having done their work, sat down around the cross to watch it. A great crowd of the priests and scribes and people stood around the cross, looking at Jesus hanging there. Some of them spoke spitefully to Jesus, shaking their heads at him, saying such words as these: "Ah! you would destroy the Temple and build it again in three days, would you? Then come down from the cross and save yourself if you can!" And some of the priests and scribes called out, "He saved others; but he can not save himself! If he is, as he said, 'Christ, the King of Israel,' let him now come down from the cross in our sight. Then we will believe on him." "He trusts in God," said others; "now let God help him, if he chooses; for he said, 'I am the Son of God.'" One of the two robbers who were hanging on the crosses beside Jesus called out to him, joining in the abuse: "Are you not the Christ, the King of Israel? If you are, why don't you save yourself and save us with you?" But the crucified man on the other side of Jesus rebuked him: "Have you no fear of a just God?" he said. "You are suffering the same sentence as this man. And you and I are suffering only what we deserve for our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong." Then this man from his cross said to Jesus, "Jesus, do not forget me when you come into your kingdom." And Jesus answered him, "I tell you truly, this very day you shall be with me in the heavenly land."