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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.
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An Act of Mercy or Mockery?
Scholars debate the motive behind offering Jesus a drink. Some commentators see it as a rare act of compassion from a soldier responding to Jesus' thirst. Others view it as further mockery, fulfilling prophecy in a contemptuous way. This ambiguity highlights the complex human reactions at the foot of the cross.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
One of them ran. John says this was in consequence of Jesus saying, "I thirst." (John 19:28). One of the effects of c…
Gave him to drink (εποτιζεν). Imperfect of conative action,
offered him a drink of vinegar on the sponge o…
19th Century
Anglican
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…
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Baptist
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…
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…
16th Century
Protestant
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And straightway one of them ran and took a sponge Which was not far from the cross, where a vessel full of vinegar w…
During the three hours that the darkness continued, Jesus was in agony, wrestling with the powers of darkness and suffering His Father's displeasur…
13th Century
Catholic
After relating His condemnation, His Passion and death are treated here; and secondly, His burial is treated, where it is said, And whe…
