The soldiers also made fun of him: they came up to him and offered him cheap wine,
When I was hungry, they gave me poison; when I was thirsty, they offered me vinegar.
There they offered Jesus wine mixed with a bitter substance; but after tasting it, he would not drink it.
One of them ran up at once, took a sponge, soaked it in cheap wine, put it on the end of a stick, and tried to make him drink it.
One of them ran up with a sponge, soaked it in cheap wine, and put it on the end of a stick. Then he held it up to Jesus' lips and said, “Wait! Let us see if Elijah is coming to bring him down from the cross!”
Herod and his soldiers made fun of Jesus and treated him with contempt; then they put a fine robe on him and sent him back to Pilate.