Matthew 27:48
And straightway one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
47And some of them that stood there, when they heard it, said, This man calleth Elijah.
49And the rest said, Let be; let us see whether Elijah cometh to save him.
Cross References
Psalms 69:21They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
Luke 23:36And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, 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 →