Matthew 27:48

At once, one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filling it with vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.

Montgomery New Testament

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

47When they heard this, some of the bystanders said "He is calling for Elijah!"

49But the rest said. "Let be! Let us see whether Elijah is coming to save him!"

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Cross References

Luke 23:36Even the soldiers made sport of him by coming up and offering him 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 →

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