They gave me poison for food, and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
Mark 15:36 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 And someone ran, filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a stick, and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And one man ran, and, filling a sponge with vinegar (a mixture of sour wine and water), put it on a staff made of a [bamboo-like] reed and gave it to Him to drink, saying, Hold off! Let us see whether Elijah [does] come to take Him down. [Ps. 69:21.] American Standard Version (1901) And one ran, and filling a sponge full of vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let be; let us see whether Elijah cometh to take him down. Common English Bible Someone ran, filled a sponge with sour wine, and put it on a pole. He offered it to Jesus to drink, saying, “Let’s see if Elijah will come to take him down.” Catholic Public Domain Version Then one of them, running and filling a sponge with vinegar, and placing it around a reed, gave it to him to drink, saying: "Wait. Let us see if Elijah will come to take him down." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And one running and filling a sponge with vinegar, and putting it upon a reed, gave him to drink, saying: Stay, let us see if Elias come to take him down. |
They gave me poison for food, and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
At once one of them ran and got a sponge, filled it with sour wine, put it on a stick, and gave it to him to drink.
When some of the bystanders heard it, they said, “Listen, he is calling for Elijah.”