John 19:29

A jar full of sour wine was there, so they filled a sponge with sour wine, put it around a hyssop branch, and brought it up to his mouth.

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.

In Context

28After this, when Jesus saw that everything was now finished, in order to fulfill the Scripture he said, “I am thirsty.”

30When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished.” Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

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Cross References

Matthew 27:34they gave Jesus sour wine to drink, mixed with gall. But when he tasted it, he refused to drink it.

Mark 15:36Then a man ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed, and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Leave him alone. Let us see if Elijah comes to take him down.”

Matthew Henry on John 19:20-31

The Inscription on the Cross; The Crucifixion. 19 And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. 20 This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin. 21 Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews. 22 Pilate answered, What I have written I have written. 23 Then the… Read the whole commentary →

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