Matthew 27:48
And immediately one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
47And some of them that stood there, when they heard it, said: He calleth for Elijah.
49But the rest said: Desist; we will see if Elijah will come to rescue him.
Cross References
Luke 23:36And the soldiers like wise 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 →