KJV 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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Matthew 27:48
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.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
One of them quickly ran and brought a sponge. He filled it with sour wine, put it on a reed, and held it up for Jesus to drink.
WEB World English Bible
Immediately one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him a drink.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and immediately, one of them having run, and having taken a spunge, having filled it with vinegar, and having put it on a reed, was giving him to drink,
Surrounding context — Matthew 27
45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
47 Some of them that stood there, when they heard [that], said, This [man] calleth for Elias.
48 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.
49 The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.
50 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
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καὶG2532 · kaiandεὐθέωςG2112 · eutheōsimmediatelyδραμὼνG5143 · trechōto runεἷςG1520 · ehisoneἐξG1537 · ekout fromαὐτῶνG846 · autosit/s/heκαὶG2532 · kaiandλαβὼνG2983 · lambanōto takeσπόγγον,G4699 · spongosspongeπλήσαςG4130 · plēthō, pimplēmito fillτεG5037 · teand/bothὄξουςG3690 · oxosvinegarκαὶG2532 · kaiandπεριθεὶςG4060 · peritithēmito put onκαλάμῳG2563 · kalamosreed/stick/penἐπότιζενG4222 · potizōto waterαὐτόν.G846 · autosit/s/he
Cross-references
Psalm 69:21They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.Matthew 27:34They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted [thereof], he would not drink.Luke 23:36And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,John 19:29-30Now 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.
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