Mark 15:36

New American Bible - revised edition

One of them ran, soaked a sponge with wine, put it on a reed, and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Wait, let us see if Elijah comes to take him down.”

Cross References

Psalm 69:21

Insult has broken my heart, and I despair; I looked for compassion, but there was none, for comforters, but found none.

Mark 15:23

They gave him wine drugged with myrrh, but he did not take it.

Luke 23:36

Even the soldiers jeered at him. As they approached to offer him wine

Matthew 27:48

Immediately one of them ran to get a sponge; he soaked it in wine, and putting it on a reed, gave it to him to drink.

Mark 15:35

Some of the bystanders who heard it said, “Look, he is calling Elijah.”

Mark 15:37

Jesus gave a loud cry and breathed his last.