The Robe: The story of the soldier who tossed for Christ’s robe and won

More than 6 million copies sold! The classic Christian novel of the crucifixion and one Roman soldier’s transformation through faith.

A Roman soldier wins Christ’s robe as a gambling prize. He then sets forth on a quest to find the truth about the Nazarene—a quest that reaches to the very roots and heart of Christianity. Here is the fascinating story of this young Roman soldier, Marcellus, who was in charge at the crucifixion of Jesus. After he won Christ’s robe in a game of dice on Calvary, he experienced a slow and overpowering change in his life. Through the pages of this great book, the reader sees how a pagan Roman was eventually converted to Christ.

Don’t miss the sequel to this story, The Big Fisherman, available on this site in its entirety.

This story has 3 out of 25 chapters featured on this site, containing a total of 24,139 words.