John 19:29

New Century Version

There was a jar full of vinegar there, so the soldiers soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a branch of a hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus’ mouth.

Cross References

1 Kings 4:33

He taught about many kinds of plants—everything from the great cedar trees of Lebanon to the weeds that grow out of the walls. He also taught about animals, birds, crawling things, and fish.

Psalm 51:7

Take away my sin, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

Exodus 12:22

Take a branch of the hyssop plant, dip it into the bowl filled with blood, and then wipe the blood on the sides and tops of the doorframes. No one may leave that house until morning.

Numbers 19:18

A clean person must take a hyssop branch and dip it into the water, and then he must sprinkle it over the tent and all its objects. He must also sprinkle the people who were there, as well as anyone who touched a bone, or the body of someone who was killed, or a dead person, or a grave.

Matthew 27:34

The soldiers gave Jesus wine mixed with gall to drink. He tasted the wine but refused to drink it.

Matthew 27:48

Quickly one of them ran and got a sponge and filled it with vinegar and tied it to a stick and gave it to Jesus to drink.

Matthew 27:50

But Jesus cried out again in a loud voice and died.

Mark 15:36

Someone there ran and got a sponge, filled it with vinegar, tied it to a stick, and gave it to Jesus to drink. He said, “We want to see if Elijah will come to take him down from the cross.”

Luke 23:36

The soldiers also made fun of him, coming to Jesus and offering him some vinegar.