John 19:29

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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.

Cross References

1 Kings 4:33

He could talk about all kinds of plants, from large trees to small bushes, and he taught about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.

Psalm 51:7

Wash me with hyssop until I am clean and whiter than snow.

Exodus 12:22

Make a brush from a few small branches of a hyssop plant and dip the brush in the bowl that has the blood of the animal in it. Then brush some of the blood above the door and on the posts at each side of the door of your house. After this, everyone is to stay inside.

Matthew 27:34

There they gave Jesus some wine mixed with a drug to ease the pain. But when Jesus tasted what it was, he refused to drink it.

Matthew 27:48

One of them at once ran and grabbed a sponge. He soaked it in wine, then put it on a stick and held it up to Jesus.

Matthew 27:50

Once again Jesus shouted, and then he died.

Mark 15:36

One of them ran and grabbed a sponge. After he had soaked it in wine, he put it on a stick and held it up to Jesus. He said, “Let's wait and see if Elijah will come and take him down!”

Luke 23:36

The soldiers made fun of Jesus and brought him some wine.