John 19:29

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

A bottle full of sour wine was sitting nearby so someone put a sponge full of the wine on a hyssop plant stalk and lifted it up to Jesus’ mouth.

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 27:48

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.

Matthew 27:50

Then Jesus called out again with a loud voice and [finally] gave up His spirit [to God. See Luke 23:46].

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],