Gave him to drink (εποτιζεν). Imperfect of conative action,

offered him a drink of vinegar on the sponge o…

One of them ran. John says this was in consequence of Jesus saying, "I thirst." (John 19:28). One of the effects of c…

Took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar — The “vinegar” was the sour wine, or wine and water, that was the common drink of the R…

Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, sayin…

Pseudo-Chrysostom: Creation could not bear the outrage offered to the Creator, which is why the sun withdrew its beams,…

See comment on v.34; the allusion is again Ps 69:21. What is not clear is whether the offer of a drink here is meant as a gesture of mercy or as mo…

And immediately one ran. As Christ had once refused to drink, it may probably be conjectured that it was repeatedly offered to him for the…

And straightway one of them ran and took a sponge
Which was not far from the cro , where a ve el full of vinegar was…

During the three hours that the darkness continued, Jesus was in agony, wrestling with the powers of darkness and suffering His Father's displeasur…

After relating His condemnation, His Pa ion and death are treated here; and secondly, His burial is treated, where it is said, And when…