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.
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.
Some of the people standing there heard him and said, “He is calling for Elijah!”
But the others said, “Wait, let us see if Elijah is coming to save him!”
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!”
The soldiers also made fun of him: they came up to him and offered him cheap wine,