Matthew 27:48 · KJV
“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.”
— Matthew 27:48
Some of them that stood there, when they heard {that}, said, This {man} calleth for Elias.
The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.
Matthew 27 — Context
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?
47Some of them that stood there, when they heard {that}, said, This {man} calleth for Elias.
48And 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.
49The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.
50Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
Cross References
Psalms 69:21
They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
John 19:29-30
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.
Matthew 27:34
They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted {thereof}, he would not drink.
Luke 23:36
And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,