Matthew 27:48

And immediately one of them ran and, taking a sponge, filled it with sour wine and put it on a reed and gave him a drink.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.

In Context

47And some of those who were standing there, when they heard, began saying, This one calls for Eliyahu HaNavi.

49But the rest of them said, Wait. We will see whether Eliyahu HaNavi will come to save him.

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Cross References

Psalms 69:21Reproach hath broken my lev; and I have sickness as unto death; 1 and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; 1 and for menachamim (comforters), but I found none. 1

Luke 23:36And the chaiyalim also ridiculed him as they approached, offering CHOMETZ + 23:36 Ps 69:21 (wine vinegar) to him, + 23:36 Ps 22:7

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 →

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