Matthew 27:48
And immediately one of them running took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar; and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
47And some that stood there and heard, said: This man calleth Elias.
49And the others said: Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to deliver him.
Cross References
Psalms 69:21In thy sight are all they that afflict me; my heart hath expected reproach and misery. And I looked for one that would grieve together with me, but there was none: and for one that would comfort me, and I found none.
Luke 23:36And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and 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 →