And one of them at once ran and took a sponge, filled it with sour wine, and put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink.
They gave me poison for food, and for my thirst they gave me sour wine to drink.
The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine
they offered him wine to drink, mixed with gall, but when he tasted it, he would not drink it.
And some of the bystanders, hearing it, said, “This man is calling Elijah.”
But the others said, “Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to save him.”
And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down.”