The soldiers mocked him, too, by offering him a drink of sour wine.
But instead, they give me poison for food; they offer me sour wine for my thirst.
The soldiers gave Jesus wine mixed with bitter gall, but when he had tasted it, he refused to drink it.
One of them ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, holding it up to him on a reed stick so he could drink.
One of them ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, holding it up to him on a reed stick so he could drink. “Wait!” he said. “Let’s see whether Elijah comes to take him down!”
Then Herod and his soldiers began mocking and ridiculing Jesus. Finally, they put a royal robe on him and sent him back to Pilate.