Matthew 27:48
And immediately one of them running and getting a sponge, having filled [it] with vinegar and fixed [it] on a reed, gave him to drink.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
47And some of those who stood there, when they heard [it], said, This [man] calls for Elias.
49But the rest said, Let be; let us see if Elias comes to save him.
Cross References
Psalms 69:21Yea, they gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
Luke 23:36And the soldiers also made game of him, coming up offering him vinegar,
Matthew Henry on Matthew 27:34-50
The Crucifixion. 33 And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, 34 They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink. 35 And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots. 36 And sitting down they watched him there; 37 And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS… Read the whole commentary →