The soldiers made fun of him too by coming up and handing him vinegar,
One of them ran off at once and took a sponge, which he soaked in vinegar and put on the end of a stick to give him a drink.
One man ran off, soaked a sponge in vinegar, and put it on the end of a stick to give him a drink, saying, "Come on, let us see if Elijah does come to take him down!"
they gave him a drink of wine mixed with bitters; but when he tasted it he would not drink it.
Then Herod and his troops scoffed at him and made fun of him, and after arraying him in a bright robe he remitted him to Pilate.