Mark 15:36

Good News Translation

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!”

Cross References

Psalm 69:21

When I was hungry, they gave me poison; when I was thirsty, they offered me vinegar.

Matthew 27:48

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.

Mark 15:23

There they tried to give him wine mixed with a drug called myrrh, but Jesus would not drink it.

Mark 15:35

Some of the people there heard him and said, “Listen, he is calling for Elijah!”

Mark 15:37

With a loud cry Jesus died.

Luke 23:36

The soldiers also made fun of him: they came up to him and offered him cheap wine,