The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine,
They put bitter poison into my food, and to quench my thirst they give me vinegar to drink.
and offered Jesus wine mixed with gall to drink. But after tasting it, he would not drink it.
Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge, filled it with sour wine, put it on a stick, and gave it to him to drink.
Then someone ran, filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a stick, and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Leave him alone! Let’s see if Elijah will come to take him down!”
Even Herod with his soldiers treated him with contempt and mocked him. Then, dressing him in elegant clothes, Herod sent him back to Pilate.