Matthew 27:48 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁴⁸ And immediately one of them ran and got a sponge, soaked it in sour wine and, attaching it to a stick, [lifted it up] and offered Jesus a drink.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴⁸ And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁸ And one of them immediately ran and took a sponge, soaked it with vinegar (a sour wine), and put it on a reed (staff), and was about to give it to Him to drink. [Ps. 69:21.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁸ 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.

Common English Bible

⁴⁸ One of them ran over, took a sponge full of vinegar, and put it on a pole. He offered it to Jesus to drink.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁸ And one of them, running quickly, took a sponge and filled it with vinegar, and he set it on a reed and he gave it to him to drink.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴⁸ And immediately one of them running took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar; and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.

Matthew 27:48 Cross References

Matthew 27:34

they offered Jesus wine mixed with a bitter drug [i.e., for the purpose of dulling the pain of crucifixion. Mark 15:23 calls it “myrrh”], but when He tasted it He refused to drink it.

Matthew 27:47

And when some of those standing there heard this, they said, “This man is calling for Elijah.”

Matthew 27:49

But the rest of them said, “Let him alone; let us see if Elijah [really] comes to save him.”

Mark 15:36

Then one of the soldiers ran and filled a sponge full of sour wine, put it on a stick and gave it to Him to drink, saying, “Let him alone; let us see if Elijah comes to take him down [from the cross].”

Luke 23:36

The soldiers also mocked Him; they came to Him, offering Him sour wine [to drink],