John 19:29

Easy To Read Version

There was a jar full of vinegar there. So the soldiers soaked a sponge in it. They put the sponge on a branch of a hyssop plant. Then they lifted it to Jesus’ mouth.

Cross References

1 Kings 4:33

{Solomon also knew very much about nature.} Solomon taught about many different kinds of plants—everything from the great cedar trees of Lebanon to the little vines that grow out of the walls. King Solomon also taught about animals, birds, and snakes. [25]

Psalm 51:7

Use the hyssop plant and do the ceremony\par to make me pure.\par Wash me until I am whiter than snow!\par

Exodus 12:22

Take bunches of hyssop [71] and dip them in the bowls filled with blood. Paint the blood on the sides and tops of the door frames. No one must leave his house until morning.

Numbers 19:18

A clean person must take a hyssop [261] branch and dip it into the water. Then he must sprinkle it over the tent, the dishes, and the people who were in the tent. You must do this to anyone that touches a dead person’s body. You must do this to anyone that touches the body of someone killed in war and to anyone that touches a grave or the bones from a dead person.

Matthew 27:34

At Golgotha, the soldiers gave Jesus wine to drink. This wine was mixed with gall. {\cf2\super [430]} Jesus tasted the wine but refused to drink it.

Matthew 27:48

Quickly one of the people ran and got a sponge. That person filled the sponge with vinegar and tied the sponge to a stick. Then he used the stick to give the sponge to Jesus to drink from it.

Matthew 27:50

Again Jesus cried with a loud voice. Then he died. {\cf2\super [433]}

Mark 15:36

One man there ran and got a sponge. The man filled the sponge with vinegar and tied the sponge to a stick. Then he used the stick to give the sponge to Jesus to drink from it. The man said, “We should wait now and see if Elijah will come to take him down from the cross.”

Luke 23:36

Even the soldiers laughed at Jesus and teased him. They came to Jesus and offered him some wine.