John 19:29 “A jar of sour wine was sitting there. So they soaked a sponge in the w…”

John 19:29

A jar of sour wine was sitting there. So they soaked a sponge in the wine, put it on a stalk of hyssop, and lifted it to His mouth.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

Now a vessel full of vinegar was set there; so they put a sponge full of the vinegar on hyssop, and held it at his mouth.

American Standard Version

There was set there a vessel full of vinegar: so they put a sponge full of the vinegar upon hyssop, and brought it to his mouth.

Geneva Bible 1599

And there was set a vessell full of vineger: and they filled a spondge with vineger: and put it about an Hyssope stalke, and put it to his mouth.

Darby Translation

There was a vessel therefore there full of vinegar, and having filled a sponge with vinegar, and putting hyssop round it, they put it up to his mouth.

Young's Literal Translation

a vessel, therefore, was placed full of vinegar, and they having filled a sponge with vinegar, and having put [it] around a hyssop stalk, did put [it] to his mouth;

Bible in Basic English

Now there was a vessel ready, full of bitter wine, and they put a sponge full of it on a stick and put it to his mouth.

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Cross references

“was set”

Luke 23:36 Mark 15:36 Matthew 27:48 Matthew 27:34

Luke 23:36 · BSB

The soldiers also mocked Him and came up to offer Him sour wine.

Mark 15:36 · BSB

And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine. He put it on a reed and held it up for Jesus to drink, saying, “Leave Him alone. Let us see if Elijah comes to take Him down.”

Matthew 27:48 · BSB

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.

Matthew 27:34 · BSB

they offered Him wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, He refused to drink it.

“hyssop”

Numbers 19:18 Exodus 12:22 Psalm 51:7 1 Kings 4:33

Numbers 19:18 · BSB

Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to take some hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle the tent, all the furnishings, and the people who were there. He is also to sprinkle the one who touched a bone, a grave, or…

Exodus 12:22 · BSB

Take a cluster of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin, and brush the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe. None of you shall go out the door of his house until morning.

Psalm 51:7 · BSB

Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

1 Kings 4:33 · BSB

He spoke of trees, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop growing in the wall, and he taught about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

28After this, knowing that everything had now been accomplished, and to fulfill the Scripture, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.”

30When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished.” And bowing His head, He yielded up His spirit.

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