Matthew 27:48
Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge. He filled it with sour wine. Then he put the sponge on the tip of a reed and held it up in order that Jesus could suck out the wine that was in it.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
49But the other people there said, “Wait! Let’s see if Elijah comes to save him!”
Cross References
Psalms 69:21Instead, they gave me food that tasted like poison, and when I was thirsty, they gave me sour wine to drink.
Luke 23:36The soldiers also ridiculed him because he claimed to be a king. They came up to him and offered him some sour wine.
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 →