Mark 15:36

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

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

Cross References

Psalm 69:21

They gave me poison, not food. They gave me vinegar, not wine.

Mark 15:23

There they gave him some wine mixed with myrrh, but he refused to drink it.

Luke 23:36

Even the soldiers laughed at Jesus and made fun of him. They came and offered him some sour wine.

Matthew 27:48

Quickly, one of them ran and got a sponge. He filled the sponge with sour wine and tied the sponge to a stick. Then he used the stick to give the sponge to Jesus to get a drink from it.

Mark 15:35

Some of the people standing there heard this. They said, “Listen! He is calling Elijah.”

Mark 15:37

Then Jesus cried out loudly and died.