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So they soaked a sponge in the wine, put it on a stalk of hyssop, and lifted it to His mouth. <a href="/blb/john/19.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> A vessel full of sour wine had been set there. So having put on a stalk of hyssop a sponge filled with sour wine, they brought it to the mouth. <a href="/kjv/john/19.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/john/19.htm">New King James Version</a> Now a vessel full of sour wine was sitting there; and they filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on hyssop, and put it to His mouth. <a href="/nasb_/john/19.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> A jar full of sour wine was standing there; so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a branch of hyssop and brought it up to His mouth. <a href="/nasb/john/19.htm">NASB 1995</a> A jar full of sour wine was standing there; so they put a sponge full of the sour wine upon a branch of hyssop and brought it up to His mouth. <a href="/nasb77/john/19.htm">NASB 1977 </a> A jar full of sour wine was standing there; so they put a sponge full of the sour wine upon a branch of hyssop, and brought it up to His mouth. <a href="/lsb/john/19.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> A jar full of sour wine was standing there; so they put a sponge full of the sour wine upon a branch of hyssop and brought it up to His mouth. <a href="/amp/john/19.htm">Amplified Bible</a> A jar full of sour wine was placed there; so they put a sponge soaked in the sour wine on [a branch of] hyssop and held it to His mouth. <a href="/csb/john/19.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> A jar full of sour wine was sitting there; so they fixed a sponge full of sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it up to his mouth. <a href="/hcsb/john/19.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> A jar full of sour wine was sitting there; so they fixed a sponge full of sour wine on hyssop and held it up to His mouth. <a href="/asv/john/19.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/john/19.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> A jar of cheap wine was there. Someone then soaked a sponge with the wine and held it up to Jesus' mouth on the stem of a hyssop plant. <a href="/erv/john/19.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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. <a href="/gwt/john/19.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> A jar filled with vinegar was there. So the soldiers put a sponge soaked in the vinegar on a hyssop stick and held it to his mouth. <a href="/gnt/john/19.htm">Good News Translation</a> A bowl was there, full of cheap wine; so a sponge was soaked in the wine, put on a stalk of hyssop, and lifted up to his lips. <a href="/isv/john/19.htm">International Standard Version</a> A jar of sour wine was standing there, so they put a sponge full of the wine on a branch of hyssop and held it to his mouth. <a href="/msb/john/19.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/john/19.htm">NET Bible</a> A jar full of sour wine was there, so they put a sponge soaked in sour wine on a branch of hyssop and lifted it to his mouth. <a href="/nheb/john/19.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> A vessel full of sour wine was set there; so they put a sponge full of the vinegar on hyssop, and held it at his mouth. <a href="/wbt/john/19.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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. <a href="/wey/john/19.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> There was a jar of wine standing there. With this wine they filled a sponge, put it on the end of a stalk of hyssop, and lifted it to His mouth. <a href="/web/john/19.htm">World English Bible</a> 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. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/john/19.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> a vessel, therefore, was placed full of vinegar, and having filled a sponge with vinegar, and having put [it] around a hyssop stalk, they put [it] to His mouth; <a href="/blb/john/19.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> A vessel full of sour wine had been set there. So having put on a stalk of hyssop a sponge filled with sour wine, they brought it to the mouth. <a href="/ylt/john/19.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 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; <a href="/slt/john/19.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Then was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they having filled a sponge with vinegar, put upon hyssop, and brought near to his mouth.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/john/19.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Now there was a vessel set there full of vinegar. And they, putting a sponge full of vinegar and hyssop, put it to his mouth. <a href="/cpdv/john/19.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And there was a container placed there, full of vinegar. Then, placing a sponge full of vinegar around hyssop, they brought it to his mouth. <a href="/nabre/john/19.htm">New American Bible</a> There was a vessel filled with common wine. So they put a sponge soaked in wine on a sprig of hyssop and put it up to his mouth. <a href="/nrsvce/john/19.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> A jar full of sour wine was standing there. So they put a sponge full of the wine on a branch of hyssop and held it to his mouth.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/john/19.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Now there was a pitcher full of vinegar placed there; so they filled a sponge with vinegar and put it on the point of a reed, and placed it on his mouth. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/john/19.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> And a vessel had been set full of vinegar, but they filled a sponge from the vinegar and placed it on hyssop and they put it near to his mouth.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/john/19.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> Now a vessel full of vinegar had been set there; and they filled a sponge with vinegar, and put it upon a hyssop-stalk, and put it to his mouth. <a href="/godbey/john/19.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> Then a vessel was sitting by full of vinegar: and filling a sponge with vinegar and placing it on the hyssop, they brought it to His mouth. <a href="/haweis/john/19.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> Now there was placed a vessel full of vinegar: they then filling a spunge with the vinegar, and putting it on a stick of hyssop, carried it to his mouth. <a href="/mace/john/19.htm">Mace New Testament</a> now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon a stick of hyssop, and held it to his mouth. <a href="/wey/john/19.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> There was a jar of wine standing there. With this wine they filled a sponge, put it on the end of a stalk of hyssop, and lifted it to His mouth. <a href="/worrell/john/19.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> There was set there a vessel full of vinegar; so, putting a sponge full of vinegar on hyssop, they bore it to His mouth. <a href="/worsley/john/19.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> Now there was set a vessel there full of vinegar: so they filled a spunge with the vinegar, and putting it upon hyssop, held it up to his mouth. <a href="/parallel/john/19-29.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ixy2bchmXZ0?start=6884" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/john/19.htm">The Death of Jesus</a> 28After this, knowing that everything had now been accomplished, and to fulfill the Scripture, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.” 29<a href="/greek/4632.htm" title="4632: skeuos (N-NNS) -- A vessel, implement, equipment or apparatus (specially, a wife as contributing to the usefulness of the husband).">A jar</a> <a href="/greek/3324.htm" title="3324: meston (Adj-NNS) -- Full, filled with. Of uncertain derivation.">of</a> <a href="/greek/3690.htm" title="3690: oxous (N-GNS) -- Vinegar, sour wine mixed with water, a common drink of Roman soldiers. From oxus; vinegar, i.e. Sour wine.">sour wine</a> <a href="/greek/2749.htm" title="2749: ekeito (V-IIM/P-3S) -- To lie, recline, be placed, be laid, set, specially appointed, destined. Middle voice of a primary verb; to lie outstretched.">was sitting there.</a> <a href="/greek/3767.htm" title="3767: oun (Conj) -- Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly.">So</a> <a href="/greek/3324.htm" title="3324: meston (Adj-AMS) -- Full, filled with. Of uncertain derivation.">they soaked</a> <a href="/greek/4699.htm" title="4699: spongon (N-AMS) -- A sponge. Perhaps of foreign origin; a sponge.">a sponge</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3690.htm" title="3690: oxous (N-GNS) -- Vinegar, sour wine mixed with water, a common drink of Roman soldiers. From oxus; vinegar, i.e. Sour wine.">in the wine,</a> <a href="/greek/4060.htm" title="4060: perithentes (V-APA-NMP) -- To place or put around, clothe; fig: I bestow, confer. From peri and tithemi; to place around; by implication, to present.">put it on</a> <a href="/greek/5301.htm" title="5301: hyssōpō (N-DFS) -- Hyssop, a stalk or stem of hyssop. Of foreign origin; hyssop.">a stalk of hyssop,</a> <a href="/greek/4374.htm" title="4374: prosēnenkan (V-AIA-3P) -- From pros and phero; to bear towards, i.e. Lead to, tender, treat.">and lifted</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autou (PPro-GM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">it</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tō (Art-DNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">to His</a> <a href="/greek/4750.htm" title="4750: stomati (N-DNS) -- The mouth, speech, eloquence in speech, the point of a sword. ">mouth.</a> 30When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished.” And bowing His head, He yielded up His spirit.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/matthew/27-48.htm">Matthew 27:48</a> 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. <a href="/mark/15-36.htm">Mark 15:36</a> 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.” <a href="/psalms/69-21.htm">Psalm 69:21</a> They poisoned my food with gall and gave me vinegar to quench my thirst. <a href="/luke/23-36.htm">Luke 23:36</a> The soldiers also mocked Him and came up to offer Him sour wine. <a href="/john/4-7.htm">John 4:7-9</a> When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.” / (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.) / “You are a Jew,” said the woman. “How can You ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.) <a href="/john/7-37.htm">John 7:37-39</a> On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. / Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’” / He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified. <a href="/exodus/12-22.htm">Exodus 12:22</a> 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. <a href="/numbers/19-18.htm">Numbers 19:18</a> 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 a person who has died or been slain. <a href="/psalms/22-15.htm">Psalm 22:15</a> My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death. <a href="/isaiah/53-3.htm">Isaiah 53:3-5</a> He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not. / Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. / But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. <a href="/matthew/27-34.htm">Matthew 27:34</a> they offered Him wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, He refused to drink it. <a href="/mark/15-23.htm">Mark 15:23</a> There they offered Him wine mixed with myrrh, but He did not take it. <a href="/john/18-11.htm">John 18:11</a> “Put your sword back in its sheath!” Jesus said to Peter. “Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given Me?” <a href="/john/13-18.htm">John 13:18</a> I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’ <a href="/john/2-4.htm">John 2:4</a> “Woman, what is that to you and to Me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a sponge with vinegar, and put it on hyssop, and put it to his mouth.was set.<a href="/matthew/27-34.htm">Matthew 27:34,48</a> They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink… <a href="/mark/15-36.htm">Mark 15:36</a> And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down.<a href="/luke/23-36.htm">Luke 23:36</a> And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,hyssop.<a href="/exodus/12-22.htm">Exodus 12:22</a> And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.<a href="/numbers/19-18.htm">Numbers 19:18</a> And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave:<a href="/1_kings/4-33.htm">1 Kings 4:33</a> And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/luke/11-33.htm">Bowl</a> <a href="/john/15-6.htm">Branch</a> <a href="/john/19-28.htm">End</a> <a href="/john/16-24.htm">Filled</a> <a href="/john/17-13.htm">Full</a> <a href="/john/16-27.htm">Held</a> <a href="/psalms/51-7.htm">Hyssop</a> <a href="/john/4-28.htm">Jar</a> <a href="/john/19-28.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/john/13-18.htm">Lifted</a> <a href="/john/11-38.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/john/6-27.htm">Placed</a> <a href="/luke/17-6.htm">Plant</a> <a href="/john/19-14.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/john/19-2.htm">Round</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-7.htm">Soaked</a> <a href="/luke/23-36.htm">Sour</a> <a href="/mark/15-36.htm">Sponge</a> <a href="/mark/15-36.htm">Spunge</a> <a href="/mark/4-28.htm">Stalk</a> <a href="/john/19-26.htm">Standing</a> <a href="/luke/9-3.htm">Stick</a> <a href="/john/19-25.htm">Stood</a> <a href="/john/13-26.htm">Vessel</a> <a href="/luke/23-36.htm">Vinegar</a> <a href="/john/4-46.htm">Wine</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/revelation/16-2.htm">Bowl</a> <a href="/genesis/49-11.htm">Branch</a> <a href="/acts/1-8.htm">End</a> <a href="/john/20-20.htm">Filled</a> <a href="/john/21-8.htm">Full</a> <a href="/acts/2-24.htm">Held</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-19.htm">Hyssop</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-4.htm">Jar</a> <a href="/john/19-30.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/acts/1-9.htm">Lifted</a> <a href="/acts/1-16.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/john/20-7.htm">Placed</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-37.htm">Plant</a> <a href="/john/19-42.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/john/20-7.htm">Round</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-21.htm">Soaked</a> <a href="/john/19-30.htm">Sour</a> <a href="/matthew/27-48.htm">Sponge</a> <a href="/matthew/27-48.htm">Spunge</a> <a href="/genesis/41-5.htm">Stalk</a> <a href="/john/20-11.htm">Standing</a> <a href="/genesis/32-10.htm">Stick</a> <a href="/john/20-11.htm">Stood</a> <a href="/acts/9-15.htm">Vessel</a> <a href="/john/19-30.htm">Vinegar</a> <a href="/john/19-30.htm">Wine</a><div class="vheading2">John 19</div>1. <a href="/john/19-1.htm">Jesus is scourged, crowned with thorns, and beaten.</a> 4. <a href="/john/19-4.htm">Pilate is desirous to release him, </a> 15. <a href="/john/19-15.htm">but being overcome with the outrage of the crowd, he delivers him to be crucified.</a> 23. <a href="/john/19-23.htm">They cast lots for his garments.</a> 25. <a href="/john/19-25.htm">He commends his mother to John.</a> 28. <a href="/john/19-28.htm">He dies.</a> 31. <a href="/john/19-31.htm">His side is pierced.</a> 38. <a href="/john/19-38.htm">He is buried by Joseph and Nicodemus.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Sour wine, also known as vinegar wine, was a common drink among Roman soldiers and the lower classes in ancient times. It was inexpensive and readily available, often used to quench thirst. This detail highlights the fulfillment of <a href="/psalms/69-21.htm">Psalm 69:21</a>, which prophesies that the Messiah would be given vinegar to drink. The presence of the jar indicates the proximity to the Roman soldiers, who were responsible for the crucifixion, and their indifference to the suffering of Jesus.So they soaked a sponge in the wine, The use of a sponge was practical, as it could absorb the liquid and be easily lifted to Jesus' mouth. Sponges were common in the Roman world, often used for cleaning purposes. This act of offering wine to Jesus can be seen as a moment of both cruelty and unintended mercy, as it momentarily alleviated His thirst. It also fulfills the prophecy of <a href="/psalms/22-15.htm">Psalm 22:15</a>, which speaks of the Messiah's intense thirst.put it on a stalk of hyssop, Hyssop is a plant mentioned frequently in the Bible, often associated with purification and sacrifice. In <a href="/exodus/12-22.htm">Exodus 12:22</a>, hyssop was used to apply the blood of the Passover lamb to the doorposts, symbolizing protection and deliverance. The use of hyssop here connects Jesus' crucifixion to the Passover, emphasizing His role as the ultimate sacrificial Lamb who takes away the sins of the world (<a href="/john/1-29.htm">John 1:29</a>).and lifted it to His mouth. This act of lifting the sponge to Jesus' mouth signifies the fulfillment of His statement in <a href="/john/19-28.htm">John 19:28</a>, "I am thirsty." It underscores His humanity and the physical suffering He endured on the cross. The lifting of the sponge also symbolizes the elevation of Jesus' sacrifice, as He is lifted up for the salvation of humanity, echoing His earlier words in <a href="/john/3-14.htm">John 3:14-15</a> about being lifted up like the serpent in the wilderness.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a> The central figure of the passage, who is being crucified. His request for a drink fulfills Scripture and demonstrates His humanity. 2. <a href="/topical/r/roman_soldiers.htm">Roman Soldiers</a> Likely the ones who offered the sour wine to Jesus. They were responsible for carrying out the crucifixion. 3. <a href="/topical/s/sour_wine.htm">Sour Wine</a> A common drink for Roman soldiers, often used to quench thirst. It symbolizes the fulfillment of prophecy and the bitterness of Jesus' suffering. 4. <a href="/topical/h/hyssop.htm">Hyssop</a> A plant used to lift the sponge to Jesus' mouth. It has Old Testament significance, particularly in purification rituals. 5. <a href="/topical/g/golgotha.htm">Golgotha</a> The place of the crucifixion, also known as "The Place of the Skull."<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/f/fulfillment_of_prophecy.htm">Fulfillment of Prophecy</a> Jesus' acceptance of the sour wine fulfills Old Testament prophecies, demonstrating the reliability and divine inspiration of Scripture. <a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_hyssop.htm">Symbolism of Hyssop</a> The use of hyssop connects Jesus' sacrifice to the Passover, emphasizing His role as the ultimate sacrificial Lamb who takes away the sins of the world. <a href="/topical/h/humanity_of_christ.htm">Humanity of Christ</a> Jesus' thirst highlights His true humanity, reminding us that He fully experienced human suffering and need. <a href="/topical/s/suffering_and_obedience.htm">Suffering and Obedience</a> Jesus' willingness to endure suffering and fulfill Scripture teaches us about obedience to God's will, even in difficult circumstances. <a href="/topical/s/spiritual_thirst.htm">Spiritual Thirst</a> Just as Jesus experienced physical thirst, we are reminded of our spiritual thirst and the need for the living water that only Christ can provide.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_john_19.htm">Top 10 Lessons from John 19</a> <a href="/q/what_does_hyssop_mean_in_the_bible.htm">What does hyssop symbolize in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/why_did_john_doubt_jesus_as_messiah.htm">Luke 7:19-23 - Why would John the Baptist doubt Jesus if he had already proclaimed him as the Messiah, and how does this align with other gospel accounts?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_john_12_28_align_with_other_audible_god_voices.htm">How does John 12:28 reconcile with other biblical portrayals of God's voice supposedly heard audibly by crowds?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_true_spiritual_worship.htm">What is worshiping God in spirit and truth?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/john/19.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(29) Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar.--This vessel of the ordinary sour wine drunk by the Roman soldiers, was placed near in order to be given to those who were crucified. Thirst was always an accompaniment of death by crucifixion, and that the vessel of wine was prepared for this purpose is made probable by the mention of the sponge and hyssop (Comp. Note on <a href="/matthew/27-48.htm" title="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.">Matthew 27:48</a>.)And put it upon hyssop.--This detail is peculiar to St. John. Bochart (Hierozoicon, i. 2, 50) thinks that the plant was marjoram, or some plant like it, and he is borne out by ancient tradition. The stalks, from a foot to a foot and a half high, would be sufficient to reach to the cross. The plant is named in one other passage in the New Testament (<a href="/hebrews/9-19.htm" title="For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,">Hebrews 9:19</a>), and is frequent in the Greek of the Old Testament. The Hebrew word is ?z?v, and the identification must always be uncertain, because we cannot know whether the Greek translation is based upon an identification of the plant, or upon a similarity in the sound of the names.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/john/19.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 29. - There was set there a vessel full of vinegar, probably for the use of the soldiers, and occasionally offered to the sufferers to soothe a part of their torment. John clearly associates this fact with the unconscious fulfillment of prophecy. Matthew gives it, with strange lack of connection, as following the cry, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" So they (Matthew, "one") having placed a sponge full of the vinegar upon hyssop. This hyssop plant, if identical with the caper plant, does produce stems three or four feet long, and may therefore be identical with the "reed" mentioned in Matthew and Mark, while Luke (<a href="/luke/23-36.htm">Luke 23:36</a>) refers the act to the soldiers offering him vinegar to drink, saying, "Let us see whether Elias will come and save him." They put it, brought it, presented it to his mouth. This was not the stupefying draught which he refused, but an exhilarating one. <a href="/commentaries/john/19-29.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>A jar σκεῦος (skeuos) Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4632.htm">Strong's 4632: </a> A vessel, implement, equipment or apparatus (specially, a wife as contributing to the usefulness of the husband). of μεστόν (meston) Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3324.htm">Strong's 3324: </a> Full, filled with. Of uncertain derivation. sour wine ὄξους (oxous) Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3690.htm">Strong's 3690: </a> Vinegar, sour wine mixed with water, a common drink of Roman soldiers. From oxus; vinegar, i.e. Sour wine. was sitting [there]. ἔκειτο (ekeito) Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2749.htm">Strong's 2749: </a> To lie, recline, be placed, be laid, set, specially appointed, destined. Middle voice of a primary verb; to lie outstretched. So οὖν (oun) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_3767.htm">Strong's 3767: </a> Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly. they soaked μεστὸν (meston) Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3324.htm">Strong's 3324: </a> Full, filled with. Of uncertain derivation. a sponge σπόγγον (spongon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4699.htm">Strong's 4699: </a> A sponge. Perhaps of foreign origin; a 'sponge'. [in the] wine, ὄξους (oxous) Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3690.htm">Strong's 3690: </a> Vinegar, sour wine mixed with water, a common drink of Roman soldiers. From oxus; vinegar, i.e. Sour wine. put [it] on περιθέντες (perithentes) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4060.htm">Strong's 4060: </a> To place or put around, clothe; fig: I bestow, confer. From peri and tithemi; to place around; by implication, to present. a stalk of hyssop, ὑσσώπῳ (hyssōpō) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5301.htm">Strong's 5301: </a> Hyssop, a stalk or stem of hyssop. Of foreign origin; 'hyssop'. [and] lifted προσήνεγκαν (prosēnenkan) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4374.htm">Strong's 4374: </a> From pros and phero; to bear towards, i.e. Lead to, tender, treat. it αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. to [His] τῷ (tō) Article - Dative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. mouth. στόματι (stomati) Noun - Dative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4750.htm">Strong's 4750: </a> The mouth, speech, eloquence in speech, the point of a sword. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/john/19-29.htm">John 19:29 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/john/19-29.htm">John 19:29 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/john/19-29.htm">John 19:29 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/john/19-29.htm">John 19:29 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/john/19-29.htm">John 19:29 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/john/19-29.htm">John 19:29 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/john/19-29.htm">John 19:29 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/john/19-29.htm">John 19:29 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/john/19-29.htm">John 19:29 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/john/19-29.htm">John 19:29 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/john/19-29.htm">NT Gospels: John 19:29 Now a vessel full of vinegar was (Jhn Jo Jn) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/john/19-28.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="John 19:28"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="John 19:28" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/john/19-30.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="John 19:30"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="John 19:30" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>