The rest said, “Now leave him alone. Let’s see if Elijah comes to save him.”
Now Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain in the next few years except at my word.”
They say, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for no one will rescue him.”
Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge. He filled it with wine vinegar, put it on a staff, and offered it to Jesus to drink.
And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit.