Mark 15:36 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³⁶ 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.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁶ 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

³⁶ 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)

³⁶ 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

³⁶ 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

³⁶ 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

³⁶ 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.

Mark 15:36 Cross References

Psalm 69:21

They gave me poison for food, and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

Matthew 27:48

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.

Mark 15:23

And they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it.

Mark 15:35

When some of the bystanders heard it, they said, “Listen, he is calling for Elijah.”

Mark 15:37

Then Jesus gave a loud cry and breathed his last.

Luke 23:36

The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine